Assessment of electrochemical concepts: A comparative study involving senior high-school students in Indonesia and Japan

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-188

  Rahayu, Sri ^a   Treagust, David F ^b   Chandrasegaran, A L ^b   Kita, Masakazu ^c   Ibnua, Suhadi ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MALANG   (Indonesia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Electrolytic cells; Students' understandings; Voltaic cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051638449     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2010.536949     Document Type: Article

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