Children's attitudes toward geography: A texas case study

Journal of Geography

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 123-131

  Sack, Dorothy ^a   Petersen, James F ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary school geography; Geographic education; Geographic literacy; Subject popularity

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CHILD; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032414301     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221349808978836     Document Type: Article

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