Determining students' attitude towards physics through problem-solving strategy

Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Erdemir, Naki ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude; Learning; Physics Education; Problem Solving Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956203425     PISSN: 16094913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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