The effect of guided inquiry and open inquiry methods on teacher candidates' science process skills

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 669-680

  Tatar, Erdal ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Guided inquiry; Inquiry based learning; Open inquiry; Science process skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861145560     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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