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Constructivist Approaches to Learning in Science and Their Implications for Science Pedagogy: A Literature Review

Cakir

2008

This paper seeks an answer to the question of “What are some guiding principles of constructivist thinking that we must keep in mind when we consider our role as science teachers?”

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