What course elements correlate with improvement on tests in introductory Newtonian mechanics?

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 746-753

  Morote, Elsa Sofia ^a   Pritchard, David E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84896931913     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3139533     Document Type: Article

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