Within-Class Analysis of Ninth-Grade Science Students' Perceptions of the Learning Environment

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 791-804

  Huffman, Douglas ^a   Lawrenz, Frances ^a   Minger, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0345687405     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199710)34:8<791::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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