What's in a Name? Young Adolescents' Implicit Conceptions of Invention

Science Education

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-160

  Plucker, Jonathan A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036107766     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10011     Document Type: Article

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