Attitudes about science and conceptual physics learning in university introductory physics courses

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Milner Bolotin, Marina ^a   Antimirova, Tetyana ^b   Noack, Andrea ^b   Petrov, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 80053644433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.020107     Document Type: Article

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