A series of misrepresentations: A response to Allchin's whole approach to assessing nature of science understandings

Science Education

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 685-692

  Schwartz, Reneé S ^a   Lederman, Norman G ^b   Abd El Khalick, Fouad ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84862266034     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21013     Document Type: Article

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