Effects of problem-based learning on university students' epistemological beliefs about physics and physics learning and conceptual understanding of Newtonian Mechanics

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-275

  Sahin, Mehmet ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conceptual understanding; Epistemological beliefs; Introductory physics; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954915963     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9198-7     Document Type: Article

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