The relationship between students' views of the nature of science and their views of the nature of scientific measurement

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1137-1156

  Buffler, Andy ^a   Lubben, Fred ^b   Ibrahim, Bashirah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449579371     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690802189807     Document Type: Article

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