Open-ended investigations: Performance and effects of pre-training

Research in Science Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-140

  Toh, Kok Aun ^a,b   Boo, Hong Kwen ^a   Yeo, Keng Hoe ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 52549086079     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02463037     Document Type: Article

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