The director's cut: Toward an improved understanding of learning from museums

Science Education

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Falk, John ^a  

^a Institute for Learning Innovation   (United States)

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EID: 4043155015     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20014     Document Type: Review

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