A Comparison of Student Teachers' Beliefs from Four Different Science Teaching Domains Using a Mixed Methods Design

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-608

  Markic, Silvija ^a   Eilks, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mixed methods approach; Science student teachers' beliefs; Science teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858266466     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2011.608092     Document Type: Article

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