Performance of students in project-based science classrooms on a national measure of science achievement

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 410-422

  Schneider, Rebecca M ^a   Krajcik, Joseph ^b   Marx, Ronald W ^b   Soloway, Elliot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0036571478     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10029     Document Type: Article

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