Exploring the role of physics representations: An illustrative example from students sharing knowledge about refraction

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 657-666

  Fredlund, Tobias ^a   Airey, John ^a,b   Linder, Cedric ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; STUDENTS;

CASE-STUDIES; GROWING BODIES; INTERACTIVE ENGAGEMENTS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; NUMBER OF SOURCES; SHARING KNOWLEDGE; STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES; STUDENT SHARING;

REFRACTION;

EID: 84859891063     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/33/3/657     Document Type: Article

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