Student Performances on the Science Processes of Recording Data, Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions, and Providing Evidence

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 773-798

  Germann, Paul J ^a   Aram, Roberta J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Evangel University   (United States)

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EID: 0000720109     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199609)33:7<773::AID-TEA5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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