Misconceptions about the particulate nature of matter. Using animations to close the gender gap

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 954-960

  Yezierski, Ellen J ^a   Birk, James P ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

CHEMISTRY STUDENTS; COMPUTER ANIMATIONS; PARTICLE-LEVEL ANIMATIONS; PARTICULATE NATURE OF MATTER (PNM);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 33744948727     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p954     Document Type: Article

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