Development of a three-tier test to assess misconceptions about simple electric circuits

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-222

  Peşman, Haki ^a   Eryilmaz, Ali ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Misconceptions; Physics education; Simple electric circuits; Three tier tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650865960     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670903383002     Document Type: Article

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