Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Etkina, Eugenia ^a   Karelina, Anna ^a   Murthy, Sahana ^b   Ruibal Villasenor, Maria ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 67650508392     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010109     Document Type: Article

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