Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 11, Issue 2, Article 5 (Dec., 2010)
Salih ÇEPNI, Çigdem SAHİN and Hava IPEK
Teaching floating and sinking concepts with different methods and techniques based on the 5E instructional model

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