Deinstitutionalising school science: Implications of a strong view of situated cognition

Research in Science Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-513

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   McGinn, Michelle K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0010220170     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461477     Document Type: Article

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