College science teachers' views of classroom inquiry

Science Education

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 784-802

  Brown, Patrick L ^a   Abell, Sandra K ^a   Demir, Abdulkadir ^a   Schmidt, Francis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

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EID: 33748049823     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20151     Document Type: Article

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