Designing effective questions for classroom response system teaching

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Beatty, Ian D ^a   Gerace, William J ^a   Leonard, William J ^a   Dufresne, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 30844443930     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2121753     Document Type: Article

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