Providing impetus for conceptual change: The effect of organizing the input

Cognitive Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 737-759

  Kloos, Heidi ^a   Somerville, Susan C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041841501     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(01)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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