Laboratory learning environments and practical tasks in senior secondary science classes

Research in Science Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-363

  Fisher, Darrell ^a   Harrison, Allan ^a   Henderson, David ^a   Hofstein, Avi ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 54649084884     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461568     Document Type: Article

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