Children's knowledge of astronomy and its change in the course of learning

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-104

  Hannust, Triin ^a   Kikas, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Conceptual change; Instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846931377     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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