Making connections: Learning and teaching chemistry in context

Research in Science Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-384

  King, Donna ^a   Bellocchi, Alberto ^a   Ritchie, Stephen M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemistry curriculum; Context based approach; Narrative inquiry; Teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349083468     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-007-9070-9     Document Type: Article

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