Where Have all the Skeptics Gone?: Patterns of New Age Beliefs and Anti-scientific Attitudes in Preservice Primary Teachers

Research in Science Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 377-387

  Yates, Gregory C R ^a   Chandler, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0039243524     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461557     Document Type: Article

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