Energy as a substancelike quantity that flows: Theoretical considerations and pedagogical consequences

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Brewe, Eric ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053635633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.020106     Document Type: Article

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