Students' interest in biology and their out-of-school experiences

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 124-129

  Uitto, Anna ^a   Juuti, Kalle ^a   Lavonen, Jari ^a   Meisalo, Veijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Interest in biology; Out of school experiences

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745606175     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2006.9656029     Document Type: Article

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