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APA

Battaglia, O. R., Di Paola, B., & Fazio, C. (2017). K-means Clustering to Study How Student Reasoning Lines Can Be Modified by a Learning Activity Based on Feynman’s Unifying Approach. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(6), 2005-2038. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01211a

Vancouver

Battaglia OR, Di Paola B, Fazio C. K-means Clustering to Study How Student Reasoning Lines Can Be Modified by a Learning Activity Based on Feynman’s Unifying Approach. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(6):2005-38. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01211a

AMA

Battaglia OR, Di Paola B, Fazio C. K-means Clustering to Study How Student Reasoning Lines Can Be Modified by a Learning Activity Based on Feynman’s Unifying Approach. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(6), 2005-2038. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01211a

Chicago

Battaglia, Onofrio Rosario, Benedetto Di Paola, and Claudio Fazio. "K-means Clustering to Study How Student Reasoning Lines Can Be Modified by a Learning Activity Based on Feynman’s Unifying Approach". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 6 (2017): 2005-2038. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01211a

Harvard

Battaglia, O. R., Di Paola, B., and Fazio, C. (2017). K-means Clustering to Study How Student Reasoning Lines Can Be Modified by a Learning Activity Based on Feynman’s Unifying Approach. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(6), pp. 2005-2038. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01211a

MLA

Battaglia, Onofrio Rosario et al. "K-means Clustering to Study How Student Reasoning Lines Can Be Modified by a Learning Activity Based on Feynman’s Unifying Approach". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 6, 2017, pp. 2005-2038. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01211a