Beginning elementary science teachers: Developing professional knowledge during a limited mentoring experience

Research in Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-302

  Gustafson, Brenda ^a   Guilbert, Sandra ^a   MacDonald, Dougal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elementary science teaching; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749506101     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020809916037     Document Type: Article

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