Children as experimenters

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-248

  Meyer, Karen ^a   Carlisle, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0039042422     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069960180207     Document Type: Article

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