Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

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APA

Tóth, K., Michelini, M., & Bitzenbauer, P. (2024). From light polarization to quantum physics: Supporting lower secondary school students’ transition from gestalt to functional thinking. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(6), em2449. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14587

Vancouver

Tóth K, Michelini M, Bitzenbauer P. From light polarization to quantum physics: Supporting lower secondary school students’ transition from gestalt to functional thinking. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(6):em2449. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14587

AMA

Tóth K, Michelini M, Bitzenbauer P. From light polarization to quantum physics: Supporting lower secondary school students’ transition from gestalt to functional thinking. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(6), em2449. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14587

Chicago

Tóth, Kristóf, Marisa Michelini, and Philipp Bitzenbauer. "From light polarization to quantum physics: Supporting lower secondary school students’ transition from gestalt to functional thinking". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2024 20 no. 6 (2024): em2449. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14587

Harvard

Tóth, K., Michelini, M., and Bitzenbauer, P. (2024). From light polarization to quantum physics: Supporting lower secondary school students’ transition from gestalt to functional thinking. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(6), em2449. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14587

MLA

Tóth, Kristóf et al. "From light polarization to quantum physics: Supporting lower secondary school students’ transition from gestalt to functional thinking". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 20, no. 6, 2024, em2449. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14587