Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

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APA

De Andrade, V. F., Freire, S., & Baptista, M. (2021). Constructing Scientific Explanations for Chemical Phenomena through Drawings among 8th-grade Students. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(1), em1937. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9614

Vancouver

De Andrade VF, Freire S, Baptista M. Constructing Scientific Explanations for Chemical Phenomena through Drawings among 8th-grade Students. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(1):em1937. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9614

AMA

De Andrade VF, Freire S, Baptista M. Constructing Scientific Explanations for Chemical Phenomena through Drawings among 8th-grade Students. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(1), em1937. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9614

Chicago

De Andrade, Vanessa Figueiredo, Sofia Freire, and Mónica Baptista. "Constructing Scientific Explanations for Chemical Phenomena through Drawings among 8th-grade Students". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2021 17 no. 1 (2021): em1937. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9614

Harvard

De Andrade, V. F., Freire, S., and Baptista, M. (2021). Constructing Scientific Explanations for Chemical Phenomena through Drawings among 8th-grade Students. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(1), em1937. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9614

MLA

De Andrade, Vanessa Figueiredo et al. "Constructing Scientific Explanations for Chemical Phenomena through Drawings among 8th-grade Students". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 17, no. 1, 2021, em1937. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9614