Permeability of students' worldviews to their school views in a non-western developing country

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-303

  Waldrip, Bruce G ^a   Taylor, Peter Charles ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0040364537     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199903)36:3<289::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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