Teachers' understandings of the learning cycle as assessed with a two-tier test

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-142

  Odom, Arthur Louis ^a   Settlage Jr , John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002143175     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00114122     Document Type: Review

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