Designing Science Textbooks to Enhance Student Understanding

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 307-322

  Chambliss, Marilyn J ^a   Calfee, Robert C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963473531     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: 15326985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326985ep2403_5     Document Type: Article

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