The distinction between key ideas in teaching school physics and key ideas in the discipline of physics

Science Education

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-278

  Deng, Zongyi ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 0035532542     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.1009     Document Type: Article

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