Conceptual resources for constructing the concepts of electricity: The role of models, analogies and imagination

Physics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Taber, Keith S ^a,c   De Trafford, Tom ^b   Quail, Teresa ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b English Department   (United Kingdom)

^c Jack Hunt School   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

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EID: 33644589503     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/41/2/006     Document Type: Article

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