How much have they retained? Making unseen concepts seen in a freshman electromagnetism course at MIT

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-323

  Dori, Yehudit Judy ^a,b   Hult, Erin ^c   Breslow, Lori ^b   Belcher, John W ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual understanding; Electromagnetism; Longitudinal study; Retention; Undergraduate physics education; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148837478     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-007-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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