Whither constructivism?-A chemistry teachers' perspective

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 400-416

  Niaz, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Nature of science; Science education; Tentative nature of scientific knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149114706     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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