Active learning strategies in physics teaching

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-50

  Karamustafaoglu, Orhan ^a  

^a AMASYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active learning; Active physics teaching; Physics education; Physics teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958522360     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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