Inquiry in science education: International perspectives

Science Education

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 397-419

  Abd El Khalick, Fouad ^a   Boujaoude, Saouma ^b   Duschl, Richard ^c   Lederman, Norman G ^d   Mamlok Naaman, Rachel ^e   Hofstein, Avi ^e   Niaz, Mansoor ^f   Treagust, David ^g   Tuan, Hsiao Lin ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

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EID: 2442609578     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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