Analyzing Students’ Learning Progressions Throughout a Teaching Sequence on Acoustic Properties of Materials with a Model-Based Inquiry Approach

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 356-377

  Hernández, María Isabel ^a   Couso, Digna ^a   Pintó, Roser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties of materials; Design based research; Learning progressions; Model based inquiry; Secondary school; Teaching learning sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939890164     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-014-9503-y     Document Type: Article

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