Bridging physics and biology teaching through modeling

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hoskinson, Anne Marie ^a   Couch, Brian A ^b   Zwickl, Benjamin M ^c   Hinko, Kathleen A ^b   Caballero, Marcos D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84929093511     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.4870502     Document Type: Article

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