History of science in science education: Development and validation of a checklist for analysing the historical content of science textbooks

Science and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-359

  Leite, Laurinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

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EID: 33747889052     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016063432662     Document Type: Review

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