Teaching as persuasion

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 795-813

  Alexander, Patricia A ^a   Fives, Helenrose ^a   Buehl, Michelle M ^a   Mulhern, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Design experiment; Persuasion; Science learning; Science teaching; Teaching metaphor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036795538     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(02)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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