Mathematical Dimensions of Students' Use of Proportional Reasoning In High School Physics

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-41

  Akatugba, Ayo Harriet ^a   Wallace, John ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 44249125856     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1999.tb17443.x     Document Type: Article

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