How to change students' images of science and technology

Science Education

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 965-985

  Scherz, Zahava ^a   Oren, Miri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 33750720313     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20159     Document Type: Article

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