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Beyond Epistemological Deficits: Dynamic explanations of engineering students’ difficulties with mathematical sense-making

Ayush Gupta Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew Elby Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USAView further author information
Pages 2463-2488 | Published online: 09 May 2011

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