'What we think we can safely say ...': Primary teachers' views of the nature of science

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 649-672

  Lunn, Stephen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036795431     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192022000015525     Document Type: Article

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