Beyond trivial science: Assessing understandings of the nature of science

Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 51-69

  Moss, David M ^a   Settlage, John ^a   Koehler, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203929445     Document Type: Chapter

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