Positive attitudinal shifts with the physics by inquiry curriculum across multiple implementations

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lindsey, Beth A ^a   Hsu, Leonardo ^b   Sadaghiani, Homeyra ^c   Taylor, Jack W ^d   Cummings, Karen ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Baltimore City Community College   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856812376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.010102     Document Type: Article

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