The need for change in elementary school teacher training - A cross-college age study of future teachers' conceptions of basic astronomy concepts

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-323

  Trumper, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Astronomy concepts; Elementary school; Teacher training; Teachers' conceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037398766     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(03)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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