Developing understanding through model-based inquiry

How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 515-565

  Stewart, James ^a   Cartier, Jennifer L ^b   Passmore, Cynthia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84988005391     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/11102     Document Type: Chapter

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