Masculinities and experimental practices in physics: The view from three case studies

Physical Review Physics Education Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Gonsalves, Allison J ^a   Danielsson, Anna ^b   Pettersson, Helena ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85007283402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24699896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020120     Document Type: Article

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