Disciplinary authenticity: Enriching the reforms of introductory physics courses for life-science students

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Watkins, Jessica ^a   Coffey, Janet E ^b   Redish, Edward F ^a   Cooke, Todd J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84860273539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.010112     Document Type: Article

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