Promoting students' learning of air pressure concepts: The interrelationship of teaching approaches and student learning characteristics

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-52

  She, Hsiao Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

External learning; Internal learning; Learning process; Procedural learning; Science learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449161811     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.74.1.29-52     Document Type: Article

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