Being inside the Quantum Atom

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-98

  Kontogeorgiou, Assimina M ^a   Bellou, Joan ^a   Mikropoulos, Tassos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atomic model; Educational virtual environments; Learning outcomes; Presence; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149086730     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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