Primary pupils' preconceptions about child prenatal development

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-246

  Zoldosova, Kristina ^a   Prokop, Pavol ^a  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Child prenatal development; Preconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848899770     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75403     Document Type: Article

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