Support for the CINS as a diagnostic conceptual inventory: Response to Nehm and Schonfeld (2008)

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-357

  Anderson, Dianne L ^a   Fisher, Kathleen M ^b   Smith, Mike U ^c  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION; ANDERSONS; LARGE GROUPS; NATURAL SELECTION; PROBLEMATIC ISSUES; STUDY METHODS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77449149635     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20331     Document Type: Article

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