A case study of change in elementary student teacher thinking during an independent investigation in science: Learning about the "face of science that does not yet know"

Science Education

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 535-560

  Shapiro, Bonnie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030516018     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199609)80:5<535::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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