Collaborative science activities and the social construction of understanding of physical science concepts by pre-service teachers in Fiji

Research in Science Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-500

  Taylor, Neil ^a   Lucas, Keith B ^b   Watters, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0347297622     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461591     Document Type: Article

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