Can ‘ears-on’ help hands-on science learning – for girls and boys?

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1133-1146

  Heard, Priscilla F ^a   Divall, Sally A ^a   Johnson, Sandra D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4644354814     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690050166715     Document Type: Article

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