Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ622136
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Rhetorical Construction of Cells in Science and in a Science Classroom.
Tsatsarelis, Charalampos; Ogborn, Jon; Jewitt, Carey; Kress, Gunther
Research in Science Education, v30 n4 p451-63 2001
Discusses the process of the construction of entities following a social semiotic approach that enables the use of new analytical tools and describes the rhetoric used in construction. Based on an analysis of the historical formation of the notion of cells by scientists, and analysis of a lesson on the microscopic observation of onion cells. (Contains 12 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Cytology, Epistemology, Metaphors, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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