Investigating Greek students' ideas about forces and motion

Research in Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 375-392

  Jimoyiannis, Athanassios ^a   Komis, Vassilis ^b  

^a Tech/Voc Teacher Training Inst   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Force and motion; Physics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344666336     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025457116654     Document Type: Article

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