Fostering conceptual change by cognitive conflict based instruction on students' understanding of heat and temperature concepts

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-114

  Başer, Mustafa ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cognitive conflict; Conceptual change; Heat; Misconception; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748862375     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75458     Document Type: Article

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