A microcomputer-based contribution to scientific and technological literacy

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-221

  Trumper, Ricardo ^a,c   Gelbman, Moshe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Kibbutz Hahoterim   (Israel)

Author keywords

MBL; Voltage current characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845315159     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016673931746     Document Type: Review

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