A physics department's role in preparing physics teachers: The Colorado learning assistant model

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1218-1224

  Otero, Valerie ^a   Pollock, Steven ^a   Finkelstein, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77957954195     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3471291     Document Type: Article

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