An STS case study about students' decision making on the waste issue

Science Education

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 673-689

  Kortland, Koos ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0039015435     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199611)80:6<673::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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