High-school students' attitudes toward and interest in learning chemistry

Educacion Quimica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-102

  Hofstein, Avi ^a   Mamlok Naaman, Rachel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective domain; Attitude; Interest; Learning science

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953716238     PISSN: 0187893X     EISSN: 18708404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0187-893x(18)30121-6     Document Type: Article

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