Learning with animations and simulations in a computer-based learning environment about torques

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Learning with animations and simulations in a computer-based learning environment about torques. / Ehmke, Timo; Wünscher, Thilo.
Educational Technology: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education. Hrsg. / A. Méndez-Vilas; J. A. M. González. Band 3 Consejería de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología, 2002. S. 1426-1430.

Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in KonferenzbändenForschung

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Ehmke, T & Wünscher, T 2002, Learning with animations and simulations in a computer-based learning environment about torques. in A Méndez-Vilas & JAM González (Hrsg.), Educational Technology: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education. Bd. 3, Consejería de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología, S. 1426-1430, International Conference on ICT's in Education 2001 , Badajoz, Spanien, 06.08.01.

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Ehmke, T., & Wünscher, T. (2002). Learning with animations and simulations in a computer-based learning environment about torques. In A. Méndez-Vilas, & J. A. M. González (Hrsg.), Educational Technology: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education (Band 3, S. 1426-1430). Consejería de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología.

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Ehmke T, Wünscher T. Learning with animations and simulations in a computer-based learning environment about torques. in Méndez-Vilas A, González JAM, Hrsg., Educational Technology: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education: Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT's in Education. Band 3. Consejería de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología. 2002. S. 1426-1430

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