Use of Repertory Grids in Facilitating Knowledge Construction and Reconstruction in Geology

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-204

  Bezzi, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 0040691606     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199602)33:2<179::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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