The relation of story structure to a model of conceptual change in science learning

Science and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-317

  Klassen, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

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EID: 77952877413     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-009-9212-8     Document Type: Article

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