Trends of science education research: An automatic content analysis

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-331

  Chang, Yueh Hsia ^a   Chang, Chun Yen ^a   Tseng, Yuen Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Journal publication; Science education research; Scientometric method

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954459716     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9202-2     Document Type: Article

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