My brain's running slow today - The preference for "things ontologies" in research and everyday discourse on human thinking

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 389-405

  Säljö, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Learning; Metaphor and research; Thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847218843     PISSN: 00393746     EISSN: 1573191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019834425526     Document Type: Article

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