Research in Science Teaching and Learning. A Human Constructivist View

Teaching Science for Understanding

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 59-92

  Mintzes, Joel J ^a,b   Wandersee, James H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012498360-1/50004-0     Document Type: Chapter

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