Karingula, V. K., & El-Mounayri, H. A., & Wasfy, T. M., & Wasfy, H. M., & Peters, J. M. (2013, June), Assessment of Virtual Physics Lab (VPL) in summer course for pre-college preparation.  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19243

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  Karingula, V. K., \& El-Mounayri, H. A., \& Wasfy, T. M., \& Wasfy, H. M., \& Peters, J. M. (2013, June), \emph{Assessment of Virtual Physics Lab (VPL) in summer course for pre-college preparation.}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19243

Varun Kumar Karingula, Hazim A El-Mounayri, Tamer M. Wasfy, Hatem M Wasfy, and Jeanne Michele Peters.  "Assessment of Virtual Physics Lab (VPL) in summer course for pre-college preparation.".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19243 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

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  Varun Kumar Karingula, Hazim A El-Mounayri, Tamer M. Wasfy, Hatem M Wasfy, and Jeanne Michele Peters.
  "Assessment of Virtual Physics Lab (VPL) in summer course for pre-college preparation.".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19243 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

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