Biological knowledge is more tentative than physics knowledge: Taiwan high school adolescents' views about the nature of biology and physics

Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 164, 2006, Pages 691-703

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CREATIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STUDENT; TAIWAN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847039125     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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