Preservice teachers' and teachers' conceptions of energy and their ability to predict pupils' level of understanding

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-368

  Diakidoy, Irene Anna N ^a   Iordanou, Kalypso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Conceptual understanding; Content knowledge; Teachers' preconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242791682     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173241     Document Type: Article

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