Does unit analysis help students construct equations?

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-366

  Reed, Stephen K ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CRMSE   (United States)

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EID: 33748294192     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci2403_2     Document Type: Article

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