Turkish students' conceptions about the simple electric circuits

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-291

  Çepni, Salih ^a   Keleş, Esra ^a  

^a Sogutlu ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross age study; Electric circuits; Science education; Students' concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749438539     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-005-9001-z     Document Type: Article

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