“How should i know what scientists do?—I am just a kid”: fourth-grade students’ conceptions of nature of science

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 Số 1 - Trang 1-11 - 2005
Valarie L. Akerson1, Fouad Abd‐El‐Khalick2
1Valarie L. Akerson, Indiana University, Bloomington
2University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, USA

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