Classroom learning environments: Historical and contemporary perspectives

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-119

  Fraser, Barry J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203097267     Document Type: Chapter

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