Student conceptions and conceptual change: Three overlapping phases of research

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-81

  Amin, Tamer G ^a   Smith, Carol L ^b   Wiser, Marianne ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203097267     Document Type: Chapter

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