Preservice Elementary Teachers' Use of Mathematics in a Project-Based Science Approach

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 172-180

  Lewis, Scott P ^a   Alacaci, Cengiz ^a   O'Brien, George E ^a   Jiang, Zhonghong ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48749123617     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2002.tb18199.x     Document Type: Article

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