Relationships between selective cognitive variables and students' ability to solve chemistry problems

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-84

  BouJaoude, Saouma ^a   Salloum, Sara ^b   Abd El Khalick, Fouad ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LEARNING;

EID: 1242276556     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069032000070315     Document Type: Article

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