TY  - JOUR
TT  - Investigating the Reasons of Difficulty Understanding of Students in Special Relativity Topics
AU  - Kızılcık, Hasan Şahin
AU  - Ünlü Yavaş, Pervin
PY  - 2017
DA  - October
DO  - 10.14812/cuefd.297883
JF  - Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
PB  - Cukurova University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1302-9967
SP  - 399
EP  - 426
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
KW  - Özel görelilik
KW  - Likert ölçek
KW  - Anlama zorlukları
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