A bird's-eye view of the "pieces"vs. "coherence" controversy (from the "pieces" side of the fence)

International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 31-48

  diSessa, Andrea A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203154472     Document Type: Chapter

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