From everyday to scientific observation: How children learn to observe the biologist's world

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-68

  Eberbach, Catherine ^a   Crowley, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday observation; Science education; Science as practice; Scientific observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349452248     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308325899     Document Type: Article

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