A cross-age study of junior high school students’ conceptions of basic astronomy concepts

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1111-1123

  Trumper, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0013285541     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690010025085     Document Type: Article

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