Effective Pedagogical Strategies for STEM Education from Instructors’ Perspective: OER for Educators
By: Meina Zhu
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.2.1074 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 257 - 270
Submitted on: Dec 24, 2019
Accepted on: Apr 30, 2020
Published on: Jun 30, 2019
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