Investigating the effectiveness of storylines embedded within a context- based approach: The case for the Periodic Table

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Demircioǧlu, Hülya ^a   Demircioǧlu, Gökhan ^a   Çalik, Muammer ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Context based approach; Periodic table; Secondary chemistry teaching; Storyline

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349173570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b914505m     Document Type: Article

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