The Analysis of Students' Conceptions as a Support for Designing a Teaching/Learning Sequence on the Acoustic Properties of Materials

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 702-712

  Hernández, María Isabel ^a   Couso, Digna ^a   Pintó, Roser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties of materials; Research based design; Secondary school; Sound attenuation; Students' conceptions; Teaching learning sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870362874     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-011-9358-4     Document Type: Article

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