Evaluation of Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Douglas, K A ^a   Yale, M S ^b   Bennett, D E ^c   Haugan, M P ^c   Bryan, L A ^c  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84914706634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.10.020128     Document Type: Article

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