Assessing the Impact of Bridging Analogies in Mechanics

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 220-230

  Yilmaz, Serkan ^a   Eryilmaz, Ali ^b   Geban, Omer ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 76149091017     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2006.tb17911.x     Document Type: Article

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