Commentary: Analogical thinking in geoscience education

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-13

  Jee, Benjamin D ^a   Uttal, David H ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^a   Manduca, Cathy ^b   Shipley, Thomas F ^c   Tikoff, Basil ^d   Ormand, Carol J ^b   Sageman, Bradley ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; LEARNING; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 77952209040     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3544291     Document Type: Article

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