Developing biology lessons aimed at teaching for understanding: A domain-specific heuristic for student teachers

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Janssen, Fred J J M ^a   Tigelaar, Dineke E H ^a   Verloop, Nico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biology teaching; Problem posing education; Student teachers; Teaching for understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549096659     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-008-9118-3     Document Type: Article

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