The learning cycle: A reintroduction

Physics Teacher

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-113

  Maier, Steven J ^a   Marek, Edmund A ^b  

^a Northwestern Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 85007233216     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2165443     Document Type: Article

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