Comparing the force and motion conceptual evaluation and the force concept inventory

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Thornton, Ronald K ^a   Kuhl, Dennis ^b   Cummings, Karen ^c   Marx, Jeffrey ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARIETTA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 67650481104     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010105     Document Type: Article

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