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APA

Cullinane, A., & Erduran, S. (2022). Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science: Contributions of An Assessment Tool Based on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 18(4), e2290. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12111

Vancouver

Cullinane A, Erduran S. Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science: Contributions of An Assessment Tool Based on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2022;18(4):e2290. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12111

AMA

Cullinane A, Erduran S. Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science: Contributions of An Assessment Tool Based on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2022;18(4), e2290. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12111

Chicago

Cullinane, Alison, and Sibel Erduran. "Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science: Contributions of An Assessment Tool Based on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education 2022 18 no. 4 (2022): e2290. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12111

Harvard

Cullinane, A., and Erduran, S. (2022). Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science: Contributions of An Assessment Tool Based on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 18(4), e2290. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12111

MLA

Cullinane, Alison et al. "Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science: Contributions of An Assessment Tool Based on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, vol. 18, no. 4, 2022, e2290. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/12111