Children's learning about water in a museum and in the classroom

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-58

  Tenenbaum, Harriet R ^a   Rappolt Schlichtmann, Gabrielle ^b   Zanger, Virginia Vogel ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c The Children's Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Classroom; Museum

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842810901     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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