James T. Robinson's account of philosophy of science and science teaching: Some lessons for today from the 1960s

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-315

  Matthews, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0031493566     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199706)81:3<295::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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