High-school chemistry teaching through environmentally oriented curricula

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-92

  Mandler, Daphna ^a   Mamlok Naaman, Rachel ^a   Blonder, Ron ^a   Yayon, Malka ^a   Hofstein, Avi ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 84861648121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90071d     Document Type: Article

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