South African students' views of the universe

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 563-582

  Lemmer, M ^a   Lemmer, T N ^a   Smit, F F A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 0345149378     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690210145783     Document Type: Article

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