Deconstructing Learning in Science -Young Children's Responses to a Classroom Sequence on Evaporation

Research in Science Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-355

  Tytler, Russell ^a   Peterson, Suzanne ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 4344591903     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461555     Document Type: Article

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