Heavenly talk: Discourse, artifacts, and children's understanding of elementary astronomy

Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 103-118

  Schoultz, Jan ^a   Säljö, Roger ^b   Wyndhamn, Jan ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognition and artifacts; Cognitive development; Cognitive tools; Conceptual change; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042760385     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057050     Document Type: Article

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