Investigating graphical representations of slope and derivative without a physics context

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Christensen, Warren M ^a   Thompson, John R ^b,c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Maine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 84864749463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.023101     Document Type: Article

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