Effect of animation enhanced conceptual change texts on 6th grade students' understanding of the particulate nature of matter and transformation during phase changes

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1114-1126

  Özmen, Haluk ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Animations; Conceptual change texts; Science education; The particulate nature of matter

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION; BASIC SCIENCE; CHEMICAL CONCEPTS; CONCEPTUAL CHANGE TEXTS; CONTROL GROUPS; DURING PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; PHASE CHANGE; SCIENCE EDUCATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THE PARTICULATE NATURE OF MATTER; TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION;

ANIMATION; METADATA; TEACHING; TESTING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 78951479121     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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