Year 12 students' mental models of the nature of light

Research in Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-439

  Hubber, Peter ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Interpretive research methodology; Mental models; Optics; Scientific models; Secondary school; Teacher researcher; Teaching and learning models of light

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745949675     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-006-9013-x     Document Type: Article

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