Using the force concept inventory to monitor student learning and to plan teaching

Physics Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-58

  Savinainen, Antti ^a   Scott, Philip ^b  

^a Upper secondary school of Kuopio Lyseo   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

M; Mech, TLA

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450283428     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/37/1/307     Document Type: Article

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