Difficulties in teaching the concepts of ‘amount of substance’ and ‘mole’

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1285-1304

  Furió, Carlos ^a   Azcona, Rafael ^b   Ratcliffe, Mary ^c   Guisasola, Jenaro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Talaia Hondarribia High School   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 7644237929     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095006900750036262     Document Type: Article

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