Probing physics students' conceptual knowledge structures through term association

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 750-758

  Beatty, Ian D ^a   Gerace, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 34247367443     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1482067     Document Type: Article

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