Consistency and inconsistency in a level students’ understandings of a number of chemical reactions

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-66

  Kwen, Boo Hong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 0013057674     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0263514960140105     Document Type: Article

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