Rutherford’s enlarged: A content-embedded activity to teach about nature of science

Physics Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-68

  Abd El Khalick, Fouad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

M, H, A; Nuc, TLA

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EID: 0346076928     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/37/1/309     Document Type: Article

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