Investigating the source of the gender gap in introductory physics

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 951, Issue , 2007, Pages 136-139

  Kost, Lauren E ^a   Pollock, Steven J ^a   Finkelstein, Noah D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Gender; Introductory physics; Physics education research

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049110812     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2820915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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