Developmental growth in students' concept of energy: Analysis of selected items from the TIMSS database

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-517

  Liu, Xiufeng ^a   McKeough, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONCEPT; RASCH MODELING; STRUCTURAL THEORY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENERGY POLICY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

CURRICULA;

EID: 19944422118     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20060     Document Type: Article

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