Gender differences in the use of an online homework system in an introductory physics course

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kortemeyer, Gerd ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650446512     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010107     Document Type: Article

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