Enhancing pre-service elementary teachers' conceptual understanding of solution chemistry with conceptual change text

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-28

  Çalik, Muammer ^a   Ayas, Alipaşa ^b   Coll, Richard Kevin ^c  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Fatih Faculty of Education   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Conceptual change; Conceptual change text; Solution chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846021919     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-005-9016-5     Document Type: Article

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