How partner gender influences female students' problem solving in physics education

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 331-343

  Ding, N ^a   Harskamp, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative learning; Gender; Interaction; Physics education; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845286192     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-006-9021-7     Document Type: Article

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