Supporting Scientific Discussions: Moving Kindergartners’ Conversations Forward

Background knowledge and oral language have long been linked to reading and writing outcomes. Discussions are one way to build both oral language and background knowledge. Nevertheless, designing discussions to support children’s content knowledge and oral language development, as well as build disc...

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Main Authors: Gotwals, A.W (Author), West, J.M (Author), Wright, T.S (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc 2021
Subjects:
art
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
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