Junior High School Students' Ideas about the Shape and Size of the Atom

Research in Science Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 673-686

  Cokelez, Aytekin ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atom; Model; Modelling; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863101063     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-011-9223-8     Document Type: Article

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