Do young children’s ideas about the Earth’s structure and processes reveal underlying patterns of descriptive and causal understanding in earth science?

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-74

  Blake, Anthony ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 62449326307     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635140500068450     Document Type: Article

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