Beating the System: Course Structure and Student Strategies in a Traditional Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course for Nonmajors

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 238-246

  Dickinson, Valarie L ^a   Flick, Lawrence B ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040428057     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1998.tb17297.x     Document Type: Article

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