An Exploratory Study of the Knowledge Base for Science Teaching

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 673-699

  Abd El Khalick, Fouad ^a,b   BouJaoude, Saouma ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038851250     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199709)34:7<673::AID-TEA2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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