Effect of conceptual change pedagogies on students' alternative conceptions of electricity resistance and electricity current

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-152

  Coruhlu, Tulay Senel ^a   Calik, Muammer ^a   Cepni, Salih ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Conceptual change pedagogies; Electricity resistance and current

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861117328     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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