Guided school visits to natural history museums in Israel: Teachers' roles

Science Education

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 920-935

  Tal, Revital ^a   Bamberger, Yael ^a   Morag, Orly ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 28444434159     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20070     Document Type: Review

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