Students' conception on sizes and distances of the Earth -Moon- Sun models

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 583-597

  Dahsah, Chanyah ^a,b   Phonphok, Nason ^a,b   Pruekpramool, Chaninan ^a,b   Sangpradit, Theerapong ^a,b   Sukonthachat, Jaturong ^a,b  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thailand Ministry of Science and Technology   (Thailand)

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