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Conceptions of Inquiry

A comparison of exemplary biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics teachers' conceptions and enactment of inquiry by Wayne Breslyn and J. Randy McGinnis.

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Journal Citation Information:

Breslyn, W., & McGinnis, J. R. (2012), A comparison of exemplary biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics teachers' conceptions and enactment of inquiry. Science Education, 96(1), 48-77.

Please email wbreslyn@umd.edu with any comments or questions about this article, teachers conceptions or inquiry, or my research.