Scaling up higher order thinking in science classrooms: The challenge of bridging the gap between theory, policy and practice

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-172

  Zohar, Anat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84886304664     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2013.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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