Third grade African American students' views of the nature of science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-37

  Walls, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; equity; general science; nature of science; science education

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EQUITY; GENERAL SCIENCE; NATURE OF SCIENCE; SCIENCE EDUCATION;

TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 82955203692     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20450     Document Type: Article

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