Changes in perceptions and attitudes of pre-service post-graduate secondary school science teachers

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 577-599

  Orion, Nir ^a   Thompson, David B ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040885020     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069960180507     Document Type: Article

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