Teaching and learning in the science classroom the interplay between teachers' epistemological moves and students' practical epistemology

Science Education

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-163

  Lidar, Malena ^a   Lundqvist, Eva ^a   Östman, Leif ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33645691117     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20092     Document Type: Article

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