Investigation of secondary school, undergraduate, and graduate learners' mental models of ionic bonding

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 464-486

  Coll, Richard K ^a   Treagust, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0038398908     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10085     Document Type: Article

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