Asking scientists: A decade of questions analyzed by age, gender, and country

Science Education

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-160

  Baram Tsabari, Ayelet ^a,d   Sethi, Ricky J ^b   Bry, Lynn ^c   Yarden, Anat ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 61349198725     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20284     Document Type: Article

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