The Case for Analogies in Teaching Science for Understanding

Teaching Science for Understanding

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 195-211

  Dagher, Zoubeida R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012498360-1/50008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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