Primary-grade students' knowledge and thinking about the supply of utilities (water, heat, and light) to modern homes

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-112

  Brophy, Jere ^a   Alleman, Janet ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037252060     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI2101_2     Document Type: Review

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