"What's So Terrible About Swallowing an Apple Seed?" Problem-Based Learning in Kindergarten

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 468-481

  Zhang, Meilan ^a   Parker, Joyce ^a   Eberhardt, Jan ^a   Passalacqua, Susan ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pinecrest Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood science education; Kindergarten; Problem based learning; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053319782     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-011-9309-0     Document Type: Article

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