Students' use of cultural metaphors and their scientific understandings related to heating

Science Education

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 761-774

  Lubben, Fred ^a   Netshisaulu, Tom ^b   Campbell, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

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EID: 0033414521     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199911)83:6<761::AID-SCE7>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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