Children’s ideas about action at a distance

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1137-1157

  Bar, V ^a   Zinn, B ^a   Rubin, E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0039862991     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069970191003     Document Type: Article

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