The need for change in elementary school teacher training: The case of the energy concept as an example

Educational Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-174

  Trumper, Ricardo ^a  

^a Kibbutz Hahoterim   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Constructivism; Elementary teachers; Energy; Intuitive ideas; Pre service training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041159091     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188970390204     Document Type: Article

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