Effect of a long-term in-service training program on teachers' beliefs about the role of experiments in physics education

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-328

  Lavonen, Jari ^a   Jauhiainen, Johanna ^b   Koponen, Ismo T ^b   Kurki Suonio, Kaarle ^b  

^a Department of Teacher Education ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEACHER TRAINING;

EID: 1442336115     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095006903200007433     Document Type: Article

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