The role of sign in students' modeling of scalar equations

Physics Teacher

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 246-249

  Hayes, Kate ^a   Wittmann, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 85007379446     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3361994     Document Type: Article

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