Designing for enhanced conceptual understanding in an online physics course

TechTrends

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-73

  Dunlap, Joanna C ^a   Furtak, Thomas E ^b   Tucker, Susan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 60749107790     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-009-0239-0     Document Type: Article

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