Understanding undergraduate students' conceptions of a core nanoscience concept: Size and scale

Proceedings of the Inaugural International Conference on Research in Engineering Education, ICREE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Light, Gregory ^a   Swarat, Su ^a   Park, Eun Jung ^a   Drane, Denise ^a   Tevaarwerk, Emma ^a   Mason, Tom ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual understanding; Nanoscience; Science education; Size and scale

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; SCIENCE EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

NANOSCIENCE;

EID: 84858487070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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