Model-Based Inquiry and School Science: Creating Connections

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 394-402

  Passmore, Cynthia ^a   Stewart, Jim ^b   Cartier, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 80255128158     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2009.tb17870.x     Document Type: Article

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