The importance of involving high-school chemistry teachers in the process of defining the operational meaning of ‘chemical literacy’

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-344

  Shwartz, Yael ^a   Ben Zv, Ruth ^a   Hofstein, Avi ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 85011141869     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069042000266191     Document Type: Article

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