Science, science education, and life histories
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Research in Science Teaching
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-4308,1098-2736
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199908)36:6<617::aid-tea1>3.0.co;2-k