Middle-School Science Students' Scientific Modelling Performances Across Content Areas and Within a Learning Progression

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-238

  Bamberger, Yael M ^a   Davis, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Model based learning; Science education; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871294978     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2011.624133     Document Type: Article

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