Conceptual change in a high school physics class

Perspectives on Conceptual Change: Multiple Ways to Understand Knowing and Learning in a Complex World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 27-36

  Hynd, Cynthia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0010855764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315045108-11     Document Type: Chapter

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