Attitudes of undergraduate general science students toward learning science and the nature of science

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 790, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-128

  Marx, Jeffrey ^a   Mian, Shabbir ^a   Pagonis, Vasilis ^a  

^a MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33749683335     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2084717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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