Scientific reasoning abilities of nonscience majors in physics-based courses

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Moore, J Christopher ^a   Rubbo, Louis J ^a  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

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EID: 84863411124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.010106     Document Type: Article

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