Cooperative learning instruction for conceptual change in the concepts of chemical kinetics

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-236

  Taştan Kirik, Özgecan ^a   Boz, Yezdan ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84873557003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90072b     Document Type: Article

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