Flux concept in learning about light: A critique of the present situation

Science Education

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-613

  Galili, Igal ^a   Lavrik, Valentina ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0032357684     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199809)82:5<591::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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