Using Student-Generated Analogies to Investigate Conceptions of Energy: A multidisciplinary study

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-23

  Lancor, Rachael Anderman ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Energy; Metaphor theory; Multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889644260     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.714512     Document Type: Article

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