The relationships between primary teachers' attitudes and cognition during a two year science in-service programme

Research and the Quality of Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 157-168

  Jarvis, Tina ^a   Pell, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960600108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3673-6_13     Document Type: Chapter

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