An overview of conceptual change theories

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-361

  Özdemir, Gökhan ^a   Clark, Douglas B ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Conceptual ecology; Knowledge structure coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749107688     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75414     Document Type: Review

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