An exploration of common student misconceptions in science

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-559

  Thompson, Fiona ^a   Logue, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Misconceptions; Science; Students; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349054710     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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