“is heat hot?” Inducing conceptual change by integrating everyday and scientific perspectives on thermal phenomena

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 331-355

  Wiser, Marianne ^a   Amin, Tamer ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Everyday knowledge; Scientific knowledge; Thermal phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042819943     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(00)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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