What Sort of Girl Wants to Study Physics After the Age of 16? Findings from a Large-scale UK Survey

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2979-2998

  Mujtaba, Tamjid ^a   Reiss, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Gender; Large scale quantitative work; Motivation; Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880946927     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.681076     Document Type: Article

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