Teaching nature of science explicitly in a first-grade internship setting

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-394

  Akerson, Valarie L ^a   Volrich, Morgan L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pinnacle School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORGAN'S INSTRUCTION; NATURE OF SCIENCE (NOS); TEACHER-DESIGNED METHODS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 33645757032     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20132     Document Type: Article

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