What do underprepared students learn about measurement from introductory laboratory work?

Research in Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Rollnick, Marissa ^a   Lubben, Fred ^b   Lotz, Sandra ^a   Dlamini, Betty ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

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EID: 33644535193     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015022804590     Document Type: Article

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