Analogical reasoning in restructuring scientific knowledge

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-23

  Mason, Lucia ^a   Sorzio, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analogy; Conceptual change; Knowledge restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030549868     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172933     Document Type: Article

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