Teachers implementing context-based teaching materials: A framework for case-analysis in chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-206

  Vos, Martin A J ^a   Taconis, Ruurd ^a   Jochems, Wim M G ^a   Pilot, Albert ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Chemistry teacher; Context based teaching; Curriculum implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955801123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c005468m     Document Type: Article

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