Problem solving skill evaluation instrument-validation studies

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 883, Issue , 2007, Pages 18-21

  Adams, Wendy K ^a   Wieman, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Physics; Problem solving; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749103974     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2508681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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