MoDeLS: Challenges in Defining a Learning Progression for Scientific Modeling

Learning Progressions in Science: Current Challenges and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-138

  Schwarz, Christina ^a   Reiser, Brian J ^b   Acher, Andrés ^b   Kenyon, Lisa ^c   Fortus, David ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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