Research and practice: A complex relationship?

Quality Research in Literacy and Science Education: International Perspectives and Gold Standards

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 41-61

  Millar, Robin ^a   Osborne, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8427-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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