The effect of multiple internal representations on context-rich instruction

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1030-1037

  Lasry, Nathaniel ^a,b   Aulls, Mark W ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 35748963861     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2785190     Document Type: Article

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