Models in science and in science education: An introduction

Science and Education

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 647-652

  Matthews, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Mental models; Models; Phenomena; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250200426     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-007-9089-3     Document Type: Article

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