Using isomorphic problems to learn introductory physics

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Shih Yin ^a   Singh, Chandralekha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 80053922828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.020104     Document Type: Article

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