Developing primary teachers' understanding of energy efficiency

Educational Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-328

  Summers, Mike ^a   Kruger, Colin ^a   Mant, Jenny ^a,b   Childs, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Primary; Science; Teachers; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039400189     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188980400304     Document Type: Article

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