Facilitating changes in ninth grade students' understanding of dissolution and diffusion through DSLM instruction

Research in Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-525

  She, Hsiao Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Dissolution and diffusion; Dual situated learning model

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544299613     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-004-3888-1     Document Type: Article

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