The relationship between bonding with nonhuman animals and students' attitudes toward science

Society and Animals

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-184

  Sorge, Carmen ^a  

^a Leiden LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude toward science; Bonding with animals; Classroom based science outreach; Middle school science

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RAPTORES; REPTILIA;

EID: 43949135187     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853008X291444     Document Type: Article

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