Science Attitudes of Selected Middle School Students in China: A Preliminary Investigation of Similarities and Differences as a Function of Gender

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-103

  Boone, William J ^a  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

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EID: 3242661138     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1997.tb17349.x     Document Type: Article

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