Facilitating conceptual change in gases concepts

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-137

  Çetin, Pinar Seda ^a   Kaya, Ebru ^b   Geban, Ömer ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conceptual change oriented instruction; Gases concepts; Gender effect; Misconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549140609     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-008-9138-y     Document Type: Article

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