Developing a framework for critical science agency through case study in a conceptual physics context

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-371

  Basu, Sreyashi Jhumki ^a   Calabrese Barton, Angela ^b   Clairmont, Neil ^a   Locke, Donya ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Critical; Generative; Identity; Iterative; Physics; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349229824     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-008-9135-8     Document Type: Article

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