Curiosity and open inquiry learning

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 162-169

  Zion, Michal ^a,b   Sadeh, Lrit ^a,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Science Education Programme and the Biology Teaching Programme   (Israel)

^c School of Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomind; Curiosity; Inquiry learning; Inquiry questions; Open inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348877566     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2007.9656092     Document Type: Article

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