What can be done to increase the take-up of A-level physics?

By Alan Smithers , Pamela Robinson

Issue 328 | Page 49 | Published Mar 2008

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In an attempt to find some answers, schools in which A-level physics is thriving are compared with schools that are struggling to keep the subject going.

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