Designed and spontaneous gestures in elementary astronomy education

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1703-1739

  Padalkar, Shamin ^a   Ramadas, Jayashree ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Astronomy education; Gestures; Model based reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011201060     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2010.520348     Document Type: Article

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