Tracking the Footprints Puzzle: The problematic persistence of science-as-process in teaching the nature and culture of science

Science Education

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1092-1122

  Ault, Charles R ^a   Dodick, Jeff ^b  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 78649707850     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20398     Document Type: Article

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