Students' perspectives in understanding light and vision

Educational Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-162

  Toh, Kok Aun ^a   Boo, Hong Kwen ^a   Woon, Ta Li ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Jin Tai Primary School   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Causes; Gender differences; Students' understanding of light

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033143210     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188990410203     Document Type: Article

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