Students' Pre- and Post-Teaching Analogical Reasoning When They Draw their Analogies

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-458

  Mozzer, Nilmara Braga ^a   Justi, Rosária ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; Chemical bonding; Students' analogies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857079809     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2011.593202     Document Type: Article

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