Development of instructional systems for teaching an electricity and magnetism course for engineers

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 789-802

  Marr, M J ^a   Thomas, E W ^a   Benne, M R ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Hume, R M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0033455418     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19127     Document Type: Article

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