The Effectiveness of Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning to Reduce Alternative Conceptions in Secondary Chemistry

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 246-255

  Barthlow, Michelle J ^a   Watson, Scott B ^b  

^a Etowah High School   (United States)

^b Liberty University   (United States)

Author keywords

chemistry; cooperative learning; inquiry discovery; learning processes; misconceptions; science science education; students and learning; teachers and teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011282048     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssm.12076     Document Type: Article

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