The persistence of students’ unfounded beliefs about electrical circuits: The case of ohm’s law

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-212

  Métioui, Abdeljalil ^a   Brassard, Claude ^b   Levasseur, Jude ^b   Lavoie, Michel ^c  

^a Université Ste Anne   (Canada)

^b Ste Thérèse ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0040135025     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069960180205     Document Type: Article

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