Learning science in a first grade science activity: A Vygotskian perspective

Science Education

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 621-638

  Shepardson, Daniel P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033238364     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199909)83:5<621::AID-SCE7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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