Science teachers as metascientists: An inductive-deductive dialectic immersion in northern alpine field ecology

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1507-1526

  Bencze, Larry ^a   Elshof, Leo ^b  

^a OISE/UT   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 10344250431     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069042000205431     Document Type: Article

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