Mediators of a Preservice Teacher's Use of the Inquiry-Application Instructional Model

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-100

  Gunckel, Kristin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary preservice teachers; Instructional models; Science methods course

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651278477     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-010-9223-y     Document Type: Article

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