Comment on 'The effects of students' reasoning abilities on conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills in introductory mechanics'

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Coletta, Vincent P ^a   Phillips, Jeffrey A ^a   Savinainen, Antti ^b   Steinert, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kuopio Lyseo High School   (Finland)

^c Arizona School for the Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

CLASSROOM TESTS; CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; FORCE CONCEPT INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PROSPECTIVES; REASONING ABILITY; SCIENCE TEACHERS; SCIENTIFIC REASONING; STUDENT REASONING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 54749108720     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/29/5/L01     Document Type: Article

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