Improving high school students' understanding of potential difference in simple electric circuits

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1129-1145

  Liégeois, Laurent ^a   Chasseigne, Gérard ^b   Papin, Sophie ^b   Mullet, Etienne ^a  

^a Département de Psychologie ^*  (France)

^b Departement de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0344236423     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069022000017324     Document Type: Article

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