Gender differences in science education: The double‐edged role of prior knowledge in physics

Roeper Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Dresel, Markus ^a   Ziegler, Albert ^a   Broome, Patrick ^a,b   Heller, Kurt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b German National Research Council   (Germany)

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EID: 85007797348     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783199809553939     Document Type: Article

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