Education in the field influences children's ideas and interest toward science

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 304-313

  Zoldosova, Kristina ^a   Prokop, Pavol ^a,b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Children's drawings; Children's interest; Informal learning; Science field education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751042670     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-006-9017-3     Document Type: Article

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