Understanding, Communication Anxiety, and Gender in Physics: Taking the Fear Out of Physics Learning.

Williams, Karen

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ERIC Number: EJ622151

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Publication Date: 2001

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Understanding, Communication Anxiety, and Gender in Physics: Taking the Fear Out of Physics Learning.

Williams, Karen

Journal of College Science Teaching, v30 n4 p232-37 Dec 2000-Jan 2001

Two studies were conducted to investigate the apparent connection between certain students' reticence in class and their ability to understand relationships in physics. Student gender revealed that a students' apprehension about communicating and reliance on rote memorization are fact related. (SAH)

Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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