Learning counter-intuitive science concepts: What have we learned from over a decade of research?

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-98

  Guzzetti, Barbara J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85008840835     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105735600277971     Document Type: Article

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