Remediating high school students' misconceptions concerning diffusion and osmosis through concept mapping and conceptual change text

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-16

  Tekkaya, Ceren ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 34548148495     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635140308340     Document Type: Article

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