Preparing high-school physics teachers

Physics Today

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 40-45

  Hodapp, Theodore ^a   Hehn, Jack ^a   Hein, Warren ^b  

^a American Physical Society   (United States)

^b American Association of Physics Teachers   (United States)

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EID: 59749083596     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3086101     Document Type: Article

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