Turkish pupils' conceptions of the particulate nature of matter

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-213

  Boz, Yezdan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Conceptions; Particulate nature of matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749247433     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-006-9003-9     Document Type: Article

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