Understanding and teaching important scientific thought processes

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 261-282

  Reif, Frederick ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; instructional design; physics, problem solving; science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348219474     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02211259     Document Type: Article

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