Providing high school chemistry students with opportunities to develop learning skills in an inquiry-type laboratory: A case study

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-62

  Hofstein, Avi ^a   Shore, Relly ^a   Kipnis, Mira ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CURRICULUM; LABORATORY METHOD; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1242321377     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069032000070342     Document Type: Article

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