Assessing System Thinking Through Different Concept-Mapping Practices

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2147-2170

  Brandstädter, Kristina ^a   Harms, Ute ^a,b   Großschedl, Jörg ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concept mapping practices; Primary and secondary students; System thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866854666     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.716549     Document Type: Article

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