Transforming upper-division electricity and magnetism

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1064, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-94

  Chasteen, Stephanie V ^a   Pollock, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Course reform; Electricity and magnetism; Physics education research

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049102475     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3021282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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