The Effect of Conceptual Change Pedagogy on Students' Conceptions of Rate of Reaction

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 422-433

  Çalik, Muammer ^a   Kolomuç, Ali ^b   Karagölge, Zafer ^c  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Affan Kitapçio lu High School   (Turkey)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer animations; Conceptual change; Reaction rate; Student guide sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956695733     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9208-9     Document Type: Article

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