When knowledge contradicts intuition: Conceptual change

Learning From Text Across Conceptual Domains

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 139-163

  Hynd, Cynthia R ^a   Guzzetti, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85070016840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315045047-14     Document Type: Chapter

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