Of cannibals, missionaries, and converts: Graphing competencies from grade 8 to professional science inside (classrooms) and outside (field/laboratory)

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-212

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Bowen, G Michael ^a  

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EID: 0033084319     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016224399902400201     Document Type: Article

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