Preservice Elementary Teachers and Explanation Construction: Knowledge-for-Practice and Knowledge-in-Practice

Science Education

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-330

  Zangori, Laura ^a   Forbes, Cory T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84873705782     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21052     Document Type: Article

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