Creating contextually authentic science in a "low-performing" urban elementary school

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 695-721

  Buxton, Cory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUALLY AUTHENTIC SCIENCE INQUIRY MODEL; SCIENCE EDUCATION; TAXONOMY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EID: 33748539050     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20105     Document Type: Article

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