The classroom practice of preservice teachers and their conceptions of teaching and learning science

Science Education

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-214

  Mellado, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

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EID: 0032389943     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199804)82:2<197::AID-SCE5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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