The role of conceptual change texts to improve students' understanding of alkenes

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-449

  Sendur, Gulten ^a   Toprak, Mustafa ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84886651787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3rp00019b     Document Type: Article

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