Differences in knowledge networks about acids and bases of year-12, undergraduate and postgraduate chemistry students

Research in Science Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-446

  Wilson, Janice M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 54649085136     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461508     Document Type: Article

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