Students’ Ideas about How and Why Chemical Reactions Happen: Mapping the conceptual landscape

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 3066-3092

  Yan, Fan ^a   Talanquer, Vicente ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry education; Conceptual development; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956821198     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2015.1121414     Document Type: Article

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