Research on Science Teacher Knowledge

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1105-1149

  Abell, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203824696-41     Document Type: Chapter

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