Children’s ideas about the reliability of experimental data

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 955-968

  Lubben, Fred ^a   Millar, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007085078     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069960180807     Document Type: Article

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