What kind of explanation is a model?

Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 9-22

  Lehrer, Richard ^a   Schauble, Leona ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855929116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0594-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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