Developing a laboratory model for the professional preparation of future science teachers: A situated cognition perspective

Research in Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-219

  Sweeney, Aldrin E ^a   Paradis, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laboratory; Science education; Science teaching; Situated cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042736714     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISE.0000033765.64271.12     Document Type: Article

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