Relationship between ecology fieldwork and student attitudes toward environmental protection

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-453

  Fernandez Manzanal R ^a   Rodriguez Barreiro L M ^b   Casal Jimenez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b NONE

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EID: 18744429765     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199904)36:4<431::aid-tea3>3.0.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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