Scientific language versus common language in written answers of university applicants

In this paper we discuss the role of language in the process of elaborating chemistry concepts in the classroom. We analyse a teaching episode showing the relationship between scientific language and common language and the contradiction, present in the constructivist classroom, between the convenie...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Fleury Mortimer, Alexsander Nilson Chagas, Vera Tamberi Alvarenga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 1998-01-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID36/v3_n1_a1998.pdf