Developing preservice elementary teachers' knowledge and practices through modeling-centered scientific inquiry

Science Education

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 720-744

  Schwarz, Christina ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650179244     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20324     Document Type: Article

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