Beyond Fourth-Grade Science: Why Do U.S. and Japanese Students Diverge?

Educational Researcher

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 4-14

  Linn, Marcia C ^a   Lewis, Catherine ^b   Tsuchida, Ineko ^c   Songer, Nancy Butler ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84993660847     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X029003004     Document Type: Article

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