Primary Teachers' Understanding of Four Chemical Phenomena: Effect of an In-Service Training Course

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 763-787

  Papageorgiou, George ^a   Stamovlasis, Dimitrios ^b   Johnson, Philip ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical phenomena; In service training; Particle ideas; Primary teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878340271     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9295-y     Document Type: Article

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