The problem with answers: An exploration of guided scientific inquiry teaching

Science Education

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 453-467

  Furtak, Erin Marie ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646692449     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20130     Document Type: Article

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