Hands on what? The relative effectiveness of physical versus virtual materials in an engineering design project by middle school children

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-203

  Klahr, David ^a   Triona, Lara M ^b   Williams, Cameron ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN; PHYSICAL MATERIALS; PHYSICAL-VIRTUAL DIMENSION; VIRTUAL MATERIALS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33846594351     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20152     Document Type: Article

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