A longitudinal study of physics students' conceptions on energy in pre-service training for high school teachers

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-318

  Trumper, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Kibbutz Hahoterim   (Israel)

Author keywords

Energy conceptions; Longitudinal study; Physics students

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084043     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021867108330     Document Type: Article

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