The influence of history of science courses on students' views of nature of science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1057-1095

  Abd El Khalick, Fouad ^a   Lederman, Norman G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042724833     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2736(200012)37:10<1057::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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