Profiles of freshman physics students' views on the nature of science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-264

  Ibrahim, Bashirah ^a   Buffler, Andy ^a   Lubben, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Nature of science; Physics

Indexed keywords

PROBES;

DESCRIPTORS; FRESHMAN PHYSICS; HIGHER EDUCATION; NATURE OF SCIENCE; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 61849114546     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20219     Document Type: Article

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