Taiwanese science student's and teachers' perceptions of the laboratory learning environments: Exploring epistemological gaps

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 847-860

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABORATORY METHOD; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0345098633     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690305031     Document Type: Article

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