Science teachers' transformations of the use of computer modeling in the classroom: Using research to inform training

Science Education

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-70

  Stylianidou, Fani ^a   Boohan, Richard ^b   Ogborn, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 12344290716     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20043     Document Type: Article

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