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Mohammed, S. M., Amponsah, K. D., Ampadu, E., & Kumassah, E. K. (2020). Extent of Implementation of Inquiry-based Science Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Junior High Schools. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1928. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9373

Vancouver

Mohammed SM, Amponsah KD, Ampadu E, Kumassah EK. Extent of Implementation of Inquiry-based Science Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Junior High Schools. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12):em1928. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9373

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Mohammed SM, Amponsah KD, Ampadu E, Kumassah EK. Extent of Implementation of Inquiry-based Science Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Junior High Schools. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12), em1928. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9373

Chicago

Mohammed, Salifu Maigari, Kwaku Darko Amponsah, Ernest Ampadu, and Eliot Kosi Kumassah. "Extent of Implementation of Inquiry-based Science Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Junior High Schools". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2020 16 no. 12 (2020): em1928. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9373

Harvard

Mohammed, S. M., Amponsah, K. D., Ampadu, E., and Kumassah, E. K. (2020). Extent of Implementation of Inquiry-based Science Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Junior High Schools. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1928. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9373

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Mohammed, Salifu Maigari et al. "Extent of Implementation of Inquiry-based Science Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Junior High Schools". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 16, no. 12, 2020, em1928. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9373