Building Teacher-Scientist Partnerships: Teaching About Energy Through Inquiry

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-15

  Caton, Elaine ^a   Brewer, Carol ^a   Brown, Fletcher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 0002442343     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2000.tb17315.x     Document Type: Article

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