Understanding teachers' conceptions of classroom inquiry with a teaching scenario survey instrument

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-354

  Kang, Nam Hwa ^a   Orgill, Marykay ^b   Crippen, Kent J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom inquiry; Evaluation instrument; Secondary education; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349114399     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-008-9097-4     Document Type: Article

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