Taiwanese Gifted Students' Views of Nature of Science

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 114-123

  Liu, Shiang Yao ^a   Lederman, Norman G ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 85170067192     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2002.tb17905.x     Document Type: Article

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