Student behavior and epistemological framing: Examples from collaborative active-learning activities in physics

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-174

  Scherr, Rachel E ^a   Hammer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 68949206303     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370000902797379     Document Type: Article

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