Effect of Cooperative and Individual Learning Activities on Students' Understanding of Diffusion and Osmosis;Işbirlikli ve Bireysel Öǧrenme Etkinliklerinin Öǧrencilerin Difüzyon ve Osmoz Kavramlarim Anlamalan Üzerine Etkisi

Egitim Arastirmalari - Eurasian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn , Issue 43, 2011, Pages 19-36

  Cinici, Ayhan ^a   Sozbilir, Mustafa ^b   Demir, Yavuz ^b  

^a ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biology teaching; Cooperative learning; Misconceptions; Osmosis and diffusion; POE tasks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863627459     PISSN: 1302597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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