Swedish upper secondary students' views of the origin and development of the universe

Research in Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-379

  Hansson, Lena ^a   Redfors, Andreas ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Cross cultural learning; Physics; Religion; Upper secondary students; World view

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745962418     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-005-9009-y     Document Type: Article

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