Learning to teach science as inquiry in the rough and tumble of practice

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 613-642

  Crawford, Barbara A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Inquiry; Physics; Science teacher education; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

FIELD NOTES; SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION; TEACHER BELIEFS;

DATA REDUCTION; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EID: 34247354456     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20157     Document Type: Article

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