Gender issues in physics education

Educational Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-293

  Stewart, Mary ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A level; Degree choices; Education; Gender; Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039400193     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188980400302     Document Type: Article

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