Interactional Structures during a Grade 4-5 Open-Design Engineering Unit

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-302

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0039102730     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199703)34:3<273::AID-TEA5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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