Rethinking the content of physics courses

Physics Today

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Grayson, Diane J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Andromeda Science Education   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL SKILLS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REASONING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PHYSICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS;

CURRICULA;

EID: 31944443145     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2186279     Document Type: Review

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