Eliciting students' understandings of chemical reactions using two forms of essay questions during a learning cycle

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 583-603

  Cavallo, Ann M L ^a   McNeely, Jack C ^b   Marek, Edmund A ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purcell High School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 0344719044     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690210145774     Document Type: Article

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