Teachers' and prospective teachers' explanations of liquid-state phenomena: A comparative study involving three European countries

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-374

  Leite, Laurinda ^a   Mendoza, José ^b   Borsese, Aldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; FLUID MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; STUDENTS;

FORMAL TEACHING; LIQUID STATE PHENOMENA; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHERS;

TEACHING;

EID: 33847421894     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20122     Document Type: Article

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