School science constrained: Print experiences in two elementary classrooms

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-230

  Rowell, Patricia M ^a   Ebbers, Margaretha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case study; Print resources; Science education; Science inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842659229     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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