Inquiry Projects in Science Teacher Education: What Can Investigative Experiences Reveal about Teacher Thinking and Eventual Classroom Practice?

Science Education

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 112-143

  Windschitl, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0037225455     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10044     Document Type: Article

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