A model of problem solving: Its operation, validity, and usefulness in the case of organic-synthesis problems

Science Education

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-153

  Tsaparlis, Georgios ^a   Angelopoulos, Vasileios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

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EID: 0034342939     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(200003)84:2<131::AID-SCE1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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