Prospective teachers’ ideas about the relationships between concepts describing the composition of matter

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-371

  Del Pozo, Rosa Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0039738331     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095006901300069084     Document Type: Article

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