Teachers' salient beliefs about a problem-solving demonstration classroom in-service program

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-158

  Luft, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0040736192     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199902)36:2<141::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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