Students' representations of scientific practice during a science internship: Reflections from an activity-theoretic perspective

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1243-1266

  Hsu, Pei Ling ^a   van Eijck, Michiel ^b   Roth, Wolff Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Authentic science; Informal education; Nature of science; Qualitative research; Science internship

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952565423     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690903029563     Document Type: Article

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