A case study of the development of a beginning chemistry teacher's knowledge about models and modelling

Research in Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 197-219

  Justi, Rosária ^a   van Driel, Jan ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Modelling; Models; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444455175     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-004-7583-z     Document Type: Article

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