Design of virtual environments for the comprehension of planetary phenomena based on students' ideas

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 949-967

  Bakas, Christos ^a   Mikropoulos, Tassos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; STUDENT; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0344530951     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690305027     Document Type: Article

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