Fostering higher-order thinking in science class: Teachers' reflections

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-208

  Barak, Moshe ^a   Shakhman, Larisa ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Higher order thinking; Instructional strategies; Meta strategic knowledge; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849311156     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600802006079     Document Type: Article

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