The two high-school pillars supporting college science

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5837, 2007, Pages 457-458

  Sadler, Philip M ^a   Tai, Robert H ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS;

BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLLEGE; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

EID: 34547587272     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144214     Document Type: Short Survey

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