Affordances and Constraints of Computers in Science Education

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 995-1017

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Woszczyna, Carolyn ^a   Smith, Gillian ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0006291433     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199611)33:9<995::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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