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Changing Attitudes towards Science among Adolescents

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Ratings of students reveal an unfavourable image of physics and possible directions for improvement.

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  1. HERBERT J. WALBERG

    Present address: Center for Educational Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

  2. HERBERT J. WALBERG

    Present address: Center for Research in Urban Education, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, 60680

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AHLGREN, A., WALBERG, H. Changing Attitudes towards Science among Adolescents. Nature 245, 187–190 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245187a0

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