Is hands-on experience enough? A study of young children’s views of sinking and floating objects

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 5 Số 1 - Trang 50-64 - 1993
David P. Butts1, Helen Marie Hofman2, Margaret Anderson1
1The University of Georgia, USA
2Gettysburg College, USA

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