Effects of a collaborative science intervention on high achieving students' learning anxiety and attitudes toward science

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1971-1988

  Hong, Zuway R ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anxiety of learning science; Attitude toward science; Collaborative science intervention; High achieving student

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956963298     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690903229304     Document Type: Article

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