Reforming a large lecture modern physics course for engineering majors using a PER-based design

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 883, Issue , 2007, Pages 34-37

  McKagan, S B ^a   Perkins, K K ^a   Wieman, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Course reform; Modern physics; Physics education research; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957983495     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2508685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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