Towards meaningful physics recognition: What does this recognition actually look like?
- Award ID(s):
- 1720810
- PAR ID:
- 10089351
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Physics teacher
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 7
- ISSN:
- 0031-921X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 442-446
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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