Supporting inquiry learning by promoting normative understanding of multivariable causality

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 898-921

  Keselman, Alla ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; EXPERIMENTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; STUDENTS; TEXTBOOKS;

INQUIRY LEARNING; METACOGNITIVE SKILLS; MULTIVARIABLE CAUSALITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 0345357676     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10115     Document Type: Article

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