Supporting learning and promoting conceptual change with box and AVOW diagrams. Part 1: Representational design and instructional approaches

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-204

  Cheng, Peter C H ^a   Shipstone, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESIGN; LEARNING;

EID: 0345255963     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690210163206     Document Type: Article

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