Point and click or grab and heft: Comparing the influence of physical and virtual instructional materials on elementary school students' ability to design experiments

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-173

  Triona, Lara M ^a   Klahr, David ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038148905     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI2102_02     Document Type: Article

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