Mapping development in students’ understanding of vision using a cognitive structural model

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-66

  Collis, K F ^a   Jones, B L ^a   Sprod, T ^a   Watson, J M ^a   Fraser, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0347283065     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069980200104     Document Type: Article

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