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Designing and Assessing Scientific Explanation Tasks

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  1. CREATE for STEM Institute, College of Education and College of Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Joseph Krajcik

  2. Boston College, Lynch School of Education, Boston, MA, USA

    Katherine L. McNeill kmcneill@bc.edu

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  1. Monash University Fac. Education, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Richard Gunstone

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Krajcik, J., McNeill, K.L. (2014). Designing and Assessing Scientific Explanation Tasks. In: Gunstone, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Science Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6165-0_48-3

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