A Comparative Model of Field Investigations: Aligning School Science Inquiry with the Practices of Contemporary Science

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 382-390

  Windschitl, Mark ^a   Dvornich, Karen ^a   Ryken, Amy E ^b   Tudor, Margaret ^c   Koehler, Gary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c Pacific Education Institute   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

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EID: 78649702678     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2007.tb17761.x     Document Type: Article

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