The Winds Are Variable: Student Intuitions About Variation

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 252-269

  Watson, Jane M ^a   Kelly, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84904250412     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2005.tb18165.x     Document Type: Article

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