The cognitive-situative divide and the problem of conceptual change

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-66

  Vosniadou, Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 38849084775     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520709336918     Document Type: Article

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