Student-generated assignments about electrical circuits in a computer simulation

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 859-873

  Vreman de Olde, Cornelise ^a   de Jong, Ton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 3242721226     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069032000138815     Document Type: Article

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