Design and inquiry: Bases for an accommodation between science and technology education in the curriculum?

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-281

  Lewis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULAR ADVOCACY; INQUIRY-RELATED DISCOURSE; SCIENCE EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

CURRICULA;

EID: 33645161642     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20111     Document Type: Article

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