Edward Lee Thorndike and John Dewey on the science of education

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-383

  Tomlinson, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0031525645     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498970230307     Document Type: Article

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