Analysis of students' processes of confirmation and falsification of their prior ideas about electrostatics

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1219-1236

  Park, Jongwon ^a   Kim, Ikgyun ^b   Kim, Myunghwan ^c   Lee, Moo ^c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c KIM Institute for the Korean Gifted   (South Korea)

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EID: 0040333855     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690110049097     Document Type: Article

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