A study of undergraduate physics students' understanding of heat conduction based on mental model theory and an ontology-process analysis

Science Education

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 825-854

  Chiou, Guo Li ^a   Anderson, O Roger ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 78149296786     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20385     Document Type: Article

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