Facilitating conceptual change in rate of reaction concepts using conceptual change oriented instruction

Egitim ve Bilim

Volumn 37, Issue 163, 2012, Pages 216-225

  Kaya, Ebru ^a   Geban, Ömer ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conceptual change oriented instruction; Demonstration; Misconception; Rate of reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892778929     PISSN: 13001337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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