Engaging young students in scientific investigations: Prompting for meaningful reflection

Instructional Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-46

  Wilson, Travis ^a   Perry, Michelle ^a   Anderson, Carolyn J ^a   Grosshandler, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary science; Reflection; Scientific problem solving; Tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055194720     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-011-9168-3     Document Type: Article

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