Is case-based learning an effective teaching strategy to challenge students' alternative conceptions regarding chemical kinetics?

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-172

  Yalçinkaya, Eylem ^a   Taştan Kirik, Özgecan ^b   Boz, Yezdan ^a   Yildiran, Demet ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

alternative conception; case based learning; chemical kinetics; chemistry education; teaching strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863844029     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2012.698605     Document Type: Article

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