Difficulties in learning the introductory magnetic field theory in the first years of university

Science Education

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-464

  Guisasola, Jenaro ^a,b   Almudí, José M ^a   Zubimendi, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Escuela Universitaria de Ingenieria   (Spain)

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EID: 2442537942     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10119     Document Type: Article

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