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Using Analogies in Teaching Physics: A Study on Latvian Teachers' Views and Experience

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
Volume 17 (2015): Issue 2 (December 2015)
By: Lolita Jonāne  
Open Access
|Nov 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1691-5534 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4147
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Language: English
Page range: 53 - 73
Published on: Nov 26, 2015
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
analogy,
analogical thinking,
transfer skills,
teaching physics,
teachers' views
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Education,
Education, other

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