New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Adams, W K ^a   Perkins, K K ^a   Podolefsky, N S ^a   Dubson, M ^a   Finkelstein, N D ^a   Wieman, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 34547554924     PISSN: 15549178     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.2.010101     Document Type: Article

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