Externalising students' mental models through concept maps

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 107-112

  Chang, Shu Nu ^a  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concept map; Expressed model; Mental model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547176272     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2007.9656078     Document Type: Article

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