Transfer skills and their case-based assessment

Second International Handbook of Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 691-709

  Sasson, Irit ^a,b   Dori, Yehudit J ^b  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 85006263224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9041-7_46     Document Type: Chapter

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