Conceptions of knowledge in research on students' understanding of the greenhouse effect: Methodological positions and their consequences for representations of knowing

Science Education

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 978-995

  Jakobsson, Anders ^a   Mäkitalo, Åsa ^b   Säljö, Roger ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 77950925392     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20341     Document Type: Article

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