Conceptual change texts in chemistry teaching: A study on the particle model of matter

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1235-1259

  Beerenwinkel, Anne ^a   Parchmann, Ilka ^b   Gräsel, Cornelia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemistry education; conceptual change; model understanding; particle model; science texts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052268627     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9257-9     Document Type: Article

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