Promoting fourth graders' conceptual change of their understanding of electric current via multiple analogies

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-464

  Chiu, Mei Hung ^a   Lin, Jing Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

MULTIPLE ANALOGIES; SCIENCE TEACHING; SERIES CIRCUITS; STUDENT LEARNING;

TEACHING;

EID: 17644361927     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20062     Document Type: Article

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