Representing energy. I. Representing a substance ontology for energy

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Scherr, Rachel E ^a   Close, Hunter G ^b   McKagan, Sarah B ^a   Vokos, Stamatis ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868513646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020114     Document Type: Article

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