MEASURING THE CONFIDENCE OF 8TH GRADE TAIWANESE STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF ACIDS AND BASES

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 889-905

  Jack, Brady Michael ^a   Liu, Chia Ju ^a   Chiu, Houn Lin ^a   Tsai, Chun Yen ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acid base; chemistry education; item specific confidence; knowledge; science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864295339     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-011-9300-5     Document Type: Article

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