Preservice Teachers' Views of the Nature of Science during a Postbaccalaureate Science Teaching Program

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 595-615

  Palmquist, Bruce C ^a   Finley, Fred N ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0001524675     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199708)34:6<595::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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