Documenting the use of expert scientific reasoning processes by high school physics students

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Stephens, A Lynn ^a   Clement, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 79751481155     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020122     Document Type: Article

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