Factors that are influential in pre-service chemistry teachers' choices of instructional strategies in the context of methods of separation of mixtures: A case study

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-270

  Aydin, Sevgi ^a   Boz, Nihat ^b   Boz, Yezdan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Case study; Factors affecting pedagogical content knowledge; Pedagogical content knowledge; Pre service teacher education; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957152684     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3860/taper.v19i2.1595     Document Type: Article

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