Evaluating a Contextual-Based Course on Data Analysis for the Physics Laboratory

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-115

  Kukliansky, Ida ^a   Eshach, Haim ^b  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Laboratory data analysis; Learning in context; Physics laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893331931     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-013-9456-6     Document Type: Article

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