The way students learn: Acquiring knowledge from an integrated science and social studies unit

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 302-341

  Nuthall, Graham ^a  

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EID: 0002013436     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/461928     Document Type: Article

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