Scaling-up of higher-order cognitive skills-oriented college chemistry teaching: An action-oriented research

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 583-596

  Zoller, Uri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0039104595     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199905)36:5<583::AID-TEA5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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