Doing a Science Project: Gender Differences during Childhood

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 845-857

  Adamson, Lauren B ^a   Foster, Martha A ^a   Roark, Martha L ^b   Reed, Donna B ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Paideia School   (United States)

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EID: 0041582696     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199810)35:8<845::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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