Students' views and attitudes towards the communication code used in press articles about science

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1395-1411

  Halkia, Krystallia ^a   Mantzouridis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 27844431699     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690500102912     Document Type: Article

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