Questions about physics: The case of a turkish 'ask a scientist' website

Research in Science Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-238

  Yerdelen Damar, Sevda ^a,b   Eryilmaz, Ali ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gender; Interest; Physics education; Physics questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955096074     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9119-4     Document Type: Article

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