Teachers' perceptions of the teaching of acids and bases in Swedish upper secondary schools

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-96

  Drechsler, Michal ^a   Van Driel, Jan ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acids and bases; Chemistry teachers; Models; Upper secondary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249196687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b908246h     Document Type: Article

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