An Analysis of Indonesian and Japanese Students' Understandings of Macroscopic and Submicroscopic Levels of Representing Matter and its Changes

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 667-688

  Rahayu, Sri ^a   Kita, Masakazu ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MALANG   (Indonesia)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alternative conceptions; macroscopic and submicroscopic level of representation; matter and its changes; students' understandings

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955842424     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-009-9180-0     Document Type: Article

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