Finding out how they find it out: An empirical analysis of inquiry learners' need for support

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2033-2053

  Mulder, Yvonne G ^a   Lazonder, Ard W ^a   de Jong, Ton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inquiry learning; Model based learning; Prior knowledge; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956971022     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690903289993     Document Type: Article

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