Knowledge integration in science teaching: Analysing teachers' knowledge development

Research in Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-53

  Davis, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary science teachers; Instructional representations; Knowledge integration; Pedagogical content knowledge; Prospective teachers; Subject matter knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344633086     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISE.0000021034.01508.b8     Document Type: Article

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