Building a foundation for the use of historical narratives

Science and Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 2007, Pages 313-334

  Metz, Don ^a   Klassen, Stephen ^a   McMillan, Barbara ^b   Clough, Michael ^c   Olson, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of science; Narratives; Science education; Story

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248187535     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-006-9024-z     Document Type: Article

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