Patterns of multipe representation use by experts and novices during physics problem solving

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kohl, Patrick B ^a   Finkelstein, Noah D ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 46149120118     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.4.010111     Document Type: Article

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