A review of chemical bonding studies: Needs, aims, methods of exploring students’ conceptions, general knowledge claims and students’ alternative conceptions

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-172

  Ünal, Suat ^a   Çalık, Muammer ^b   Ayas, Alipaşa ^a   Coll, Richard K ^c  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KTU Giresun   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 59049085510     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635140600811536     Document Type: Article

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