Learning from inquiry-based laboratories in nonmajor biology: An interpretive study of the relationships among inquiry experience, epistemologies, and conceptual growth

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 986-1024

  Wallace, Carolyn S ^a   Tsoi, Mai Yin ^a   Calkin, Jamie ^a   Darley, Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STUDENTS;

CONCEPTUAL GROWTH; EPISTEMOLOGIES; INQUIRY BASED LABORATORIES; INQUIRY EXPERIENCE; INTERPRETATIVE STUDY; NONMAJOR BIOLOGY;

TEACHING;

EID: 0346991539     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10127     Document Type: Article

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