Reasoning strategies used by students to solve stoichiometry problems and its relationship to alternative conceptions, prior knowledge, and cognitive variables

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Rojas De Astudillo, Luisa ^a   Niaz, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Cognitive variables; Epistemological framework; Solving stoichiometric problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646455047     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01575153     Document Type: Article

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