Effect of culture on high-school students' question-asking ability resulting from an inquiry-oriented chemistry laboratory

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1305-1331

  Dkeidek, Iyad ^a   Mamlok Naaman, Rachel ^a   Hofstein, Avi ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

chemistry education; higher order learning skills multicultural context; inquiry oriented chemistry laboratory; question asking ability (QAA); science teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755187480     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9261-0     Document Type: Article

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