Learning the scientific "story": A case study in the teaching and learning of elementary thermodynamics

Science Education

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-281

  Arnold, Michael ^a   Millar, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030552244     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199606)80:3<249::AID-SCE1>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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