Appropriating conceptual representations: A case of transfer in a middle school science teacher

Learning in the Disciplines: ICLS 2010 Conference Proceedings - 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 834-841

  Sinha, Suparna ^a   Gray, Steven ^a   Hmelo Silver, Cindy E ^a   Jordan, Rebecca ^a   Honwad, Sameer ^a   Eberbach, Catherine ^a   Rugaber, Spencer ^b   Vattam, Swaroop ^b   Goel, Ashok ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; HUMAN CELLS; MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE; NATURAL SYSTEMS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

TEACHING;

EID: 84864557422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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