Quantifying attitude to chemistry in students at the University of the South Pacific

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 184-191

  Brown, S J ^a,b   Sharma, B N ^c   Wakeling, L ^b   Naiker, M ^b   Chandra, Shaneel ^c   Gopalan, R D ^c   Bilimoria, V B ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

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EID: 84898640251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3rp00155e     Document Type: Article

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