Open Guided Inquiry Laboratory in Physics Teacher Education

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-474

  Nivalainen, Ville ^a   Asikainen, Mervi A ^a   Hirvonen, Pekka E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Open guided inquiry; Physics teacher education; Practical work; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877833518     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9316-x     Document Type: Article

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