An Instructional Model for a Radical Conceptual Change Towards Quantum Mechanics Concepts

Science Education

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-280

  Kalkanis, George ^a   Hadzidaki, Pandora ^a   Stavrou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 0037284430     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10033     Document Type: Article

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