Students' Socio-Scientific Reasoning in an Astrobiological Context During Work with a Digital Learning Environment

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-402

  Hansson, Lena ^a   Redfors, Andreas ^a   Rosberg, Maria ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Digital learning environment; Lower secondary students; Reasoning; Socio scientific issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960621977     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9260-5     Document Type: Article

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