Reconsidering the role of artifacts in reasoning: Children's understanding of the globe as a model of the earth

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-351

  Vosniadou, Stella ^a   Skopeliti, Irini ^a   Ikospentaki, Kalliopi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Constructivism; Development of reasoning; Science learning; Socio cultural approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744465849     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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