Case study: Students' use of multiple representations in problem solving

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 818, Issue , 2006, Pages 49-52

  Rosengrant, David ^a   Van Heuvelen, Alan ^a   Etkina, Eugenia ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751211575     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2177020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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