A case study of a teacher's progress toward using a constructivist view of learning to inform teaching in elementary science

Science Education

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-180

  Appleton, Ken ^a   Asoko, Hilary ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030546941     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199604)80:2<165::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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