The Effects of Dichotomous Attitudes toward Science on Interest and Conceptual Understanding in Physics

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2385-2406

  Kim, Minkee ^a,b   Song, Jinwoong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 76349100123     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690802563316     Document Type: Article

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