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Improving Prospective Teachers’ Knowledge about Scientific Models and Modelling: Design and evaluation of a teacher education intervention

Luciana Danusso University La Sapienza, Italy
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Italo Testa University Federico II, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Matilde Vicentini University La Sapienza, Italy
Pages 871-905 | Published online: 09 Jun 2009

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