Effect of written presentation on performance in introductory physics

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Stewart, John ^a   Ballard, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 78649354318     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020120     Document Type: Article

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