Knowledge structure coherence in Turkish students' understanding of force

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 570-596

  Ozdemir, Gokhan ^a   Clark, Douglas ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Science; Conceptual change; Misconceptions; Science education

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CODING SCHEME; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; CONCEPTUAL CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; LEVELS OF CONSISTENCY; MISCONCEPTIONS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; STUDENT POPULATIONS; TURKISHS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 67049159392     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20290     Document Type: Article

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