Parallelism in the development of children’s ideas and the historical development of projectile motion theories

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1057-1073

  Eckstein, Shulamith Graus ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001954869     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069970190905     Document Type: Article

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