Teacher beliefs and practice in science education

Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Savasci Acikalin, Funda ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Science education; Teacher beliefs and practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951655514     PISSN: 16094913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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