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ERIC Number: EJ645998
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
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The Case of Carla: Dilemmas of Helping All Students To Understand Science.
Kurth, Lori A.; Anderson, Charles W.; Palincsar, Annemarie S.
Science Education, v86 n3 p287-313 May 2002
Explains the story of four sixth-grade students, of mixed race and social class, who worked together in a small group experimenting with colored solutions with different densities. Describes students' failures in achieving intersubjective communication using the sociolinguistic concepts of polysemy and privileging. (Contains 41 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Density (Matter), Grade 6, Middle Schools, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Small Group Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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