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How primary trainee teachers perceive the development of their own scientific knowledge: Links between confidence, content and competence?

Tony Shallcross
,
Elaine Spink
,
Philip Stephenson
&
Paul Warwick
Pages 1293-1312 | Published online: 26 Nov 2010

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