Exploiting language in teaching of entropy

Journal of Baltic Science Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-35

  Jeppsson, Fredrik ^a   Haglund, Jesper ^a   Strömdahl, Helge ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entropy; Metaphor; Science education; Semantics; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857377448     PISSN: 16483898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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