Evaluation of the degree of coherence found in students' conceptions concerning the particulate nature of matter

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 577-598

  Jiménez Gómez, Enrique ^a   Benarroch, Alicia ^b   Marín, Nicolás ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

DEGREE OF COHERENCE; METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EID: 33748292954     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20130     Document Type: Article

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