Essential criteria to characterize constructivist teaching: Derived from a review of the literature and applied to five constructivist-teaching method articles

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 541-550

  Baviskar, Sandhya N ^a   Todd Hartle, R ^a   Whitney, Tiffany ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449587073     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690701731121     Document Type: Article

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