Developing Content Knowledge in Students Through Explicit Teaching of the Nature of Science: Influences of Goal Setting and Self-Monitoring

Science and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-898

  Peters, Erin E ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860917923     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-009-9219-1     Document Type: Article

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