Variables affecting physics achievement

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 961-976

  Lawrenz, Frances ^a,d   Wood, Nathan B ^b   Kirchhoff, Allison ^a   Kim, Nam Keol ^a   Eisenkraft, Arthur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d Department of Teaching and Learning ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

HLM; Path analysis; Physics achievement; Physics education; Physics first

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING; HLM; PATH ANALYSIS; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICS EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOGRAPHIES; CURRICULA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 70350514908     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20292     Document Type: Article

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