Elementary Preservice Teachers' Science Vocabulary: Knowledge and Application

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-425

  Carrier, Sarah J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary; Preservice teachers; Science; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876089523     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9270-7     Document Type: Article

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