What factors does friction depend on? A socio-cognitive teaching intervention with young children

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 997-1007

  Ravanis, Konstantinos ^a   Koliopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Hadzigeorgiou, Yannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

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EID: 3242657351     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069032000138851     Document Type: Article

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