Comparing the influence of physical and virtual manipulatives in the context of the Physics by Inquiry curriculum: The case of undergraduate students' conceptual understanding of heat and temperature

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Zacharia, Zacharias C ^a   Constantinou, Constantinos P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 41849108819     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2885059     Document Type: Article

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