The influence of a collaborative learning environment on primary students' conceptions about acid rain

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-25

  Marinopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Stavridou, Heleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Chemical interactions; Collaborative learning; Primary students' conceptions; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036908901     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2002.9655841     Document Type: Article

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