Laboratory work as scientific method: Three decades of confusion and distortion

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-135

  Hodson, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0003257464     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022027980280201     Document Type: Article

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