Evaluation of an intervention instructional program to facilitate understanding of basic particle concepts among students enrolled in several levels of study

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-261

  Treagust, David F ^a   Chandrasegaran, A L ^a   Zain, Ahmad N M ^b   Ong, E T Eng Tek ^c   Karpudewan, Mageswary ^d   Halim, Lilia ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^d Teacher Education Institute   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Intervention instructional program; Particle theory concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054105679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90030g     Document Type: Article

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