Elementary teachers' epistemological and ontological understanding of teaching for conceptual learning

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1292-1317

  Kang, Nam Hwa ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General science; Teacher change; Teacher cognition

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY TEACHERS; EPISTEMOLOGICAL; ONTOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NATURAL SCIENCES; ONTOLOGY; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 36448983631     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20224     Document Type: Article

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