Do they see it coming? Using expectancy violation to gauge the success of pedagogical reforms

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gaffney, Jon D H ^a   Gaffney, Amy L Housley ^a   Beichner, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954866133     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.010102     Document Type: Article

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