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APA

Akerson, V. L., Weiland, I., Rogers, M. P., Pongsanon, K., & Bilican, K. (2014). Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers’ NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(6), 647-665. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1226a

Vancouver

Akerson VL, Weiland I, Rogers MP, Pongsanon K, Bilican K. Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers’ NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(6):647-65. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1226a

AMA

Akerson VL, Weiland I, Rogers MP, Pongsanon K, Bilican K. Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers’ NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(6), 647-665. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1226a

Chicago

Akerson, Valarie L., Ingrid Weiland, Meredith Park Rogers, Khemmawaddee Pongsanon, and Kader Bilican. "Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers’ NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2014 10 no. 6 (2014): 647-665. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1226a

Harvard

Akerson, V. L., Weiland, I., Rogers, M. P., Pongsanon, K., and Bilican, K. (2014). Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers’ NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(6), pp. 647-665. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1226a

MLA

Akerson, Valarie L. et al. "Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers’ NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, no. 6, 2014, pp. 647-665. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1226a