Australian students’ views on nuclear issues: Does teaching alter prior beliefs?

Physics Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-129

  Cooper, Sarina ^a   Yeo, Shelley ^a   Zadnik, Marjan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33646354463     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/38/2/303     Document Type: Article

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