"force-Talk" in Evolutionary Explanation: Metaphors and Misconceptions

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 605-613

  Nehm, Ross H ^a   Rector, Meghan A ^a   Ha, Minsu ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Evolution; Force dynamic reasoning; Misconceptions; Pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951760649     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-010-0282-5     Document Type: Article

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