Probing students' cognitive structures in science: The use of a flow map method coupled with a meta-listening technique

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-268

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0035641416     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(01)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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