Development of instruments to assess teacher and student perceptions of inquiry experiences in science classrooms

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-30

  Campbell, Todd ^a   Abd Hamid, Nor Hashidah ^b   Chapman, Heather ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reform; Research instrument; Scientific inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 75549089704     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-009-9151-x     Document Type: Article

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