Understanding the learning cycle: Influences on abilities to embrace the approach by preservice elementary school teachers

Science Education

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-50

  Settlage, John ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034341593     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(200001)84:1<43::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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