Unraveling students' misconceptions about the earth's shape and gravity

Science Education

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-284

  Sneider, Cary I ^a   Ohadi, Mark M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032366195     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199804)82:2<265::AID-SCE8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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