Toward equity through participation in Modeling Instruction in introductory university physics

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brewe, Eric ^a   Sawtelle, Vashti ^a   Kramer, Laird H ^a   O'Brien, George E ^a   Rodriguez, Idaykis ^a   Pamelá, Priscilla ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954880067     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.010106     Document Type: Article

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