Developing the learning physical science curriculum: Adapting a small enrollment, laboratory and discussion based physical science course for large enrollments

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Goldberg, Fred ^a   Price, Edward ^b   Robinson, Stephen ^c   Boyd Harlow, Danielle ^d   McKean, Michael ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861803970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.010121     Document Type: Article

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