A study of second-year engineering students' alternative conceptions about electric potential, current intensity and Ohm's law

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-80

  Periago, M Cristina ^a   Bohigas, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION; BASIC CONCEPTS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES; CURRENT INTENSITY; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; TEACHING AND LEARNING; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 33845304449     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790410001711225     Document Type: Article

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