Igniting and Sustaining Interest Among Students Who Have Grown Cold Toward Science

Science Education

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 792-814

  Jack, Brady Michael ^a   Lin, Huann Shyang ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84906078663     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21119     Document Type: Article

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