Science games and the development of scientific possible selves

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 963-978

  Beier, Margaret E ^a   Miller, Leslie M ^a   Wang, Shu ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Science games; Science identity; Scientific possible selves; Self concept; Transformative identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870812632     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-012-9408-0     Document Type: Article

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