Effect of Similarity-Based Guided Discovery Learning on Conceptual Performance

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 133-145

  Mandrin, Pierre A ^a   Preckel, Daniel ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84899391600     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2009.tb17949.x     Document Type: Article

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