Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t!

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Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t!

This research used a survey and interviews to find out which science subjects 174 Year 10 students wanted to study in Year 11 and why. The results showed that the major reasons students wanted to study a particular science subject were because they were interested in the subject matter and because t...

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Main Authors:	Venville, G., Oliver, M., Longnecker, N., Rennie, Leonie
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Australian Science Teachers Association 2010
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38233

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