Implementing inquiry kit curriculum: Obstacles, adaptations, and practical knowledge development in two middle school science teachers

Science Education

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 492-513

  Jones, Mark T ^a   Eick, Charles J ^b  

^a Drake Middle School   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247497223     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20197     Document Type: Article

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