Development and validation of an instrument for assessing the learning environment of outdoor science activities

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-171

  Orion, Nir ^a   Hofstein, Avi ^a   Tamir, Pinchas ^c   Giddings, Geoffrey J ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031518637     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199704)81:2<161::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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