Effect of knowledge integration activities on students' perception of the earth's crust as a cyclic system

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-565

  Kali, Yael ^a   Orion, Nir ^b   Eylon, Bat Sheva ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; STUDENTS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; ROCK CYCLE SYSTEM; SYSTEMS THINKING;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EID: 0038087305     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10096     Document Type: Article

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