Conceptual understanding of causal reasoning in physics

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1601-1621

  Hung, Woei ^a   Jonassen, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 33748058234     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690600560902     Document Type: Article

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