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Title: Students’ metarepresentational competence with matrix notation and Dirac notation in quantum mechanics
Award ID(s):
1452889
PAR ID:
10385425
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review Physics Education Research
Volume:
16
Issue:
2
ISSN:
2469-9896
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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