Examining relationships between factors of science education and student career aspiration

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 312-319

  Wang, Jianjun ^a   Staver, John R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study of american youth; Science education; Structural equation model; Student career aspiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039330755     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670109598767     Document Type: Article

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