Teaching Science in Fifth Grade: Instructional Goals That Support Conceptual Change

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1091-1101

  Beeth, Michael E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040691270     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199812)35:10<1091::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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