Using conceptual metaphor and functional grammar to explore how language used in physics affects student learning

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Brookes, David T ^a   Etkina, Eugenia ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249339782     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.010105     Document Type: Article

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