Decision making and sources of knowledge: How students tackle integrated tasks in science, technology and mathematics

Research in Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-135

  Venville, Grady ^a   Rennie, Léonie ^a   Wallace, John ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integration; Learning; Mathematics; Science; Sources of knowledge; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042771515     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISE.0000033762.75329.9b     Document Type: Article

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