Measuring change in students' attitudes toward science over time: an application of latent variable growth modeling

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-225

  George, Rani ^a  

^a ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward science; Latent growth modeling; LSAY

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344357453     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009491500456     Document Type: Article

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