Secondary school students' misconceptions of covalent bonding

Journal of Turkish Science Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-29

  Ünal, Suat ^a   Coştu, Bayram ^b   Ayas, Alipaşa ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Covalent bonding; Misconceptions; Students understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955573731     PISSN: 13046020     EISSN: 13046020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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