LEARNING PROGRESSIONS TO SUPPORT AMBITIOUS TEACHING PRACTICES

Learning Progressions in Science: Current Challenges and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 405-434

  Furtak, Erin Marie ^a   Thompson, Jessica ^b   Braaten, Melissa ^c   Windschitl, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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