Promoting instructional change via co-teaching

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-283

  Henderson, Charles ^a   Beach, Andrea ^a   Famiano, Michael ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60449086238     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3033744     Document Type: Article

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