Characterizing the epistemological development of physics majors

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gire, Elizabeth ^a   Jones, Barbara ^a   Price, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650489894     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010103     Document Type: Article

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