Moving beyond definitions: What student-generated models reveal about their understanding of covalent bonding and ionic bonding

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-222

  Luxford, Cynthia J ^a   Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84876165132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3rp20154f     Document Type: Article

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