Evidence for teachers' change while participating in a continuous professional development programme and implementing the inquiry approach in the chemistry laboratory

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 593-617

  Taitelbaum, Dorit ^a   Mamlok Naaman, Rachel ^a   Carmeli, Miriam ^a   Hofstein, Avi ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 41149109710     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690701854840     Document Type: Article

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