Designing to Develop Disciplinary Dispositions: Modeling Natural Systems

American Psychologist

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 759-771

  Lehrer, Richard ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epistemology; inscription; instructional design; learning ecology; modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449130875     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.64.8.759     Document Type: Article

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