Correlations of students' grades, expectations, epistemological beliefs and demographics in a problem-based introductory physics course

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-184

  Sahin, Mehmet ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epistemological beliefs; Expectations; Physics; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549116718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13063065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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