Using free body diagrams as a diagnostic instrument

Physics Education

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 309-313

  Whiteley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 77949960857     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/31/5/021     Document Type: Article

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