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High‐school Students' Conceptual Difficulties and Attempts at Conceptual Change: The case of basic quantum chemical concepts

Georgios Tsaparlis University of Ioannina, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Georgios Papaphotis University of Ioannina, Greece
Pages 895-930 | Published online: 01 Jun 2009

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