Investigation of secondary science teachers' beliefs and practices after authentic inquiry-based experiences

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 938-962

  Brown, Sherri L ^a   Melear, Claudia T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIENCE TEACHERS; TEACHER PEDAGOGICAL PHILOSOPHY INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 33751363407     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20110     Document Type: Article

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