Preservice elementary teachers' conceptions of moon phases before and after instruction

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 633-658

  Trundle, Kathy Cabe ^a   Atwood, Ronald K ^b   Christopher, John E ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0036731610     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10039     Document Type: Article

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