Gender differences in both force concept inventory and introductory physics performance

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1064, Issue , 2008, Pages 159-162

  Docktor, Jennifer ^a   Heller, Kenneth ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Gender; Introductory physics; Physics education research

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049162072     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3021242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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