How do Turkish high school graduates use the wave theory of light to explain optics phenomena?

Physics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-263

  Şengören, Serap Kaya ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 77952507527     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/45/3/005     Document Type: Article

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