The effect of Science-Technology-Society teaching on students' attitudes toward Science and certain aspects of creativity

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1315-1327

  Lee, Mee Kyeong ^a   Erdogan, Ibrahim ^b  

^a Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation   (South Korea)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 34547683379     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690600972974     Document Type: Article

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