The effects of hands-on learning stations on building American elementary teachers' understanding about earth and space science concepts

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-99

  Bulunuz, Nermin ^a   Jarrett, Olga S ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Finland; Korea; PISA 2003; Private education; Public education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956082902     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75230     Document Type: Article

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