Re-Examining the Similarities Between Teacher and Student Conceptions About Physical Science

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 859-872

  Burgoon, Jacob N ^a   Heddle, Mandy L ^a   Duran, Emilio ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical science; Professional development; Science misconceptions; Teacher content knowledge; Teacher misconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958456149     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-009-9177-0     Document Type: Article

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