Refinement of a chemistry attitude measure for college students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-568

  Xu, Xiaoying ^a   Lewis, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; First Year Undergraduate General Graduate Education Research; Testing Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954525972     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed900071q     Document Type: Article

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