Teaching the topic of the particulate nature of matter in prospective teachers’ training courses

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-303

  Kokkotas, Panagiotis ^a   Vlachos, Ioannis ^a   Koulaidis, Vasilis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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EID: 0013056436     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069980200303     Document Type: Article

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