Towards a curricular model of the nature of science

Science and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 179-218

  Taber, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curricular models; Models: scientific curricular teaching; Nature of science in school science; Optimum level of simplification; Target knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449147792     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-006-9056-4     Document Type: Article

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