Scientific Terminology and Context: How Broad or Narrow Are Our Meanings?

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 661-668

  Pushkin, David B ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345811384     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199708)34:6<661::AID-TEA8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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