Parents' assistance of their children's scientific reasoning

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-378

  Gleason, Mary E ^a   Schauble, Leona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0040290344     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI1704_1     Document Type: Article

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