Students' Understanding of the Objectives and Procedures of Experimentation in the Science Classroom

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 131-166

  Schauble, Leona ^a   Glaser, Robert ^b   Duschl, Richard A ^b   Schulze, Sharon ^b   John, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0000909644     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: 15327809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327809jls0402_1     Document Type: Article

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