Integrating effective pedagogies in science education with a design of alternative experiments on electromagnetics

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-21

  Zhou, Shaona ^a   Yeung, Yau Yuen ^b   Wang, Yanlin ^a   Wang, Xiaojun ^a   Xiao, Hua ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Guided discovery; Radio frequency identification; STS instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894679736     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/eurasia.2014.1011a     Document Type: Article

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