Why aren’t secondary students interested in physics?

Physics Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 324-329

  Williams, Christopher ^a   Stanisstreet, Martin ^a   Spall, Katie ^a   Boyes, Eddie ^a   Dickson, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 53949099146     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/38/4/306     Document Type: Article

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