Assessing student's conceptual understanding in Science: An introduction about a national project in Taiwan

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-390

  Chiu, Mei Hung ^a   Guo, Chorng Jee ^b   Treagust, David F ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAITUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34047144483     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690601072774     Document Type: Editorial

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