Impacts of multi-representational instruction on high school students' conceptual understandings of the particulate nature of matter

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1743-1775

  Adadan, Emine ^a   Irving, Karen E ^b   Trundle, Kathy C ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449639911     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690802178628     Document Type: Article

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