Design and validation of the quantum mechanics conceptual survey

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c McKagan Enterprises   (United States)

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EID: 78649368378     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020121     Document Type: Review

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