Usefulness of Concept Maps in College Chemistry Laboratories: Students' Perceptions and Effects on Achievement

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1015-1029

  Markow, Peter G ^a   Lonning, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0001670270     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199811)35:9<1015::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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