Getting students to provide direction when drawing free-body diagrams

Physics Teacher

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 398-399

  Mattson, Mark ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007460004     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1804656     Document Type: Article

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