Effect of Explicit Problem Solving Instruction on High School Students' Problem-Solving Performance and Conceptual Understanding of Physics

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 551-570

  Huffman, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0007210048     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199708)34:6<551::AID-TEA2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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