Structural equation modeling in assessing students' understanding of the state changes of matter

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-368

  Stamovlasis, Dimitrios ^a   Tsitsipis, Georgios ^b   Papageorgiou, George ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

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EID: 84873564021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2rp20031g     Document Type: Article

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