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Use of Questions in Exhibit Labels to Generate Explanatory Conversation among Science Museum Visitors

Jill Hohenstein King’s College, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lynn Uyen Tran King’s College, London, UK
Pages 1557-1580 | Published online: 17 Sep 2007

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