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Critical Reading of Science‐Based News Reports: Establishing a knowledge, skills and attitudes framework

Billy McClune School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ruth Jarman School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Pages 727-752 | Published online: 09 Jun 2009

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