Student perceptions of the social constructivist classroom

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 561-575

  Hand, Brian ^a   Treagust, David F ^b   Vance, Keith ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Flora Hill Secondary College   (Australia)

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EID: 0031487635     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199709)81:5<561::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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