Learning goals in an exemplary science teacher's practice: Cognitive and social factors in teaching for conceptual change

Science Education

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 738-760

  Beeth, Michael E ^a   Hewson, Peter W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0033435612     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199911)83:6<738::AID-SCE6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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