The Development of Experimentation and Evidence Evaluation Skills at Preschool Age

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 334-354

  Piekny, Jeanette ^a   Grube, Dietmar ^b   Maehler, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Longitudinal Study; Reasoning; Scientific Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889668585     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2013.776192     Document Type: Article

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