Children's understanding of scientific inquiry: Their conceptualization of uncertainty in investigations of their own design

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-290

  Metz, Kathleen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 3042678675     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci2202_3     Document Type: Article

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