Cognitive Development in a Secondary Science Setting

Research in Science Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-416

  Endler, Lorna C ^a,b   Bond, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 39549095986     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461559     Document Type: Article

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