Exploring the Structure and Function of the Chemistry Self-Concept Inventory with High School Chemistry Students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1782-1789

  Nielsen, Sara E ^a   Yezierski, Ellen ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; Graduate Education Research,; High School Introductory Chemistry; Learning Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946913661     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00302     Document Type: Article

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