'Brown paper packages'? A sociocultural perspective on young children's ideas in science

Research in Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 151-172

  Robbins, Jill ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's thinking; Constructivism; Early childhood contexts; Interviewing; Natural phenomena; Relationships; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444450053     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-005-0092-x     Document Type: Article

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