Portraying in the classroom: The manifestation of scientists' beliefs in classroom practice

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 669-691

  Southerland, Sherry A ^a   Gess Newsome, Julie ^b   Johnston, Adam ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

INTEGRATED SCIENCE COURSE; SCIENCE EDUCATION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 0141509842     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10104     Document Type: Article

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