The vocabulary of introductory physics and its implications for learning physics

Physics Teacher

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 330-336

  Itza Ortiz, Salomon F ^a   Rebello, N Sanjay ^a   Zollman, Dean A ^a   Rodriguez Achach, Manuel ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

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EID: 85007011545     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1607802     Document Type: Article

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