Procedural apprenticeship in school science: Constructivist enabling of connoisseurship

Science Education

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 727-739

  Bencze, J Lawrence ^a  

^a and Lrng   (Canada)

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EID: 0034345787     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-237X(200011)84:6<727::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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