Results and implications of a 12-year longitudinal study of science concept learning

Research in Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-40

  Novak, Joseph D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio tutorial instruction; Cognitive development; Energy transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744484406     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-004-3431-4     Document Type: Article

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