Concepts of scale held by students with visual impairment

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 506-519

  Jones, Gail ^a   Taylor, Amy R ^b   Broadwell, Bethany ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth science; General science; Middle and secondary science; Special education

Indexed keywords

GENERAL SCIENCE; MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCIENCE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SMALL SCALE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EARTH SCIENCES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 67049155241     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20277     Document Type: Article

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