Understanding student cognition through an analysis of their preconceptions in physics

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-29

  Zhou, George ^a   Nocente, Norma ^b   Brouwer, Wytze ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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