Promoting conceptual change in first year students' understanding of evaporation

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-16

  Coştu, Bayram ^a   Ayas, Alipaşa ^b   Niaz, Mansoor ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Conceptual change; Evaporation; PDEODE (Predict Discuss Explain Observe Discuss Explain) teaching strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955804600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c001041n     Document Type: Article

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