High-school students' conceptual difficulties and attempts at conceptual change: The case of basic quantum chemical concepts

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 895-930

  Tsaparlis, Georgios ^a   Papaphotis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

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EID: 70449590156     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690801891908     Document Type: Article

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