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Identifying Atomic Structure as a Threshold Concept: Student mental models and troublesomeness

Eun Jung Park Northwestern University, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Gregory Light Northwestern University, USA
Pages 233-258 | Published online: 12 Dec 2008

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