The development and implementation of two industrial chemistry case studies for the israeli high school chemistry curriculum

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 565-576

  Kesner, Miri ^a   Hofstein, Avi ^a   Ben Zvi, Ruth ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0346753324     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069970190505     Document Type: Article

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