Epilogue. Meaningful Learning, Knowledge Restructuring and Conceptual Change: On Ways of Teaching Science for Understanding

Teaching Science for Understanding

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 327-350

  Mintzes, Joel J ^a,b   Wandersee, James H ^c   Novak, Joseph D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012498360-1/50014-3     Document Type: Chapter

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