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Web-Based Portfolios: A Vehicle for Examining Prospective Elementary Teachers' Developing Understandings of Teaching Science

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  1. Department of curriculum & Instruction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, U.S.A

    Carla Zembal-Saul, Lucy Avraamidou, Mary Severs & Tom Dana

  2. Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 17695-7801, U.S.A

    Leigh A. Haefner

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Zembal-Saul, C., Haefner, L.A., Avraamidou, L. et al. Web-Based Portfolios: A Vehicle for Examining Prospective Elementary Teachers' Developing Understandings of Teaching Science. Journal of Science Teacher Education 13, 283–302 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022583432710

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