Fostering understanding by structural alignment as a route to analogical learning

Instructional Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-318

  Mason, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analogical learning; Analogical reasoning; Analogy; Structural alignment; Structure mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043109802     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRUC.0000026512.88700.32     Document Type: Article

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