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ERIC Number: EJ618747
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Cross-Time Attitudes, Concept Formation, and Achievement in College Freshman Physics.
Willson, Victor L.; Ackerman, Cheryl; Malave, Cesar
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v37 n10 p1112-20 Dec 2000
Explores the relationships among science and engineering attitudes, physics conceptual understanding, and physics achievement for a population of college freshman engineering students. Assesses a sample of freshman engineering students (n=200) participating in an integrated curriculum with the Force Concepts Inventory (FCI), Mechanics Baseline Test (MBT), and a locally developed attitude measure. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Cognitive Development, College Freshmen, Concept Formation, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum, Physics, Self Concept, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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