Transforming physics education

Physics Today

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 36-41

  Wieman, Carl ^a   Perkins, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COGNITIVE LOAD; EDUCATION RESEARCH;

EDUCATION;

EID: 27544497920     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2155756     Document Type: Review

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