Time-based behaviors at an interactive science museum: Exploring the differences between weekday/weekend and family/nonfamily visitors

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 689-701

  Sandifer, Cody ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031490419     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199711)81:6<689::AID-SCE6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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