Transforming a fourth year modern optics course using a deliberate practice framework

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Jones, David J ^a,b   Madison, Kirk W ^a,b   Wieman, Carl E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84951153281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020108     Document Type: Article

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