Impact of peer interaction on conceptual test performance

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 446-451

  Singh, Chandralekha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 20044389118     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1858450     Document Type: Article

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