Low-achieving students' attitudes towards learning chemistry and chemistry teaching methods

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 431-441

  Kousa, P ^a   Kavonius, R ^b   Aksela, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b A Secondary School of Oulunkylä   (Finland)

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EID: 85048678768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c7rp00226b     Document Type: Article

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