Evaluating the environmental literacy of Israeli elementary and high school students

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 3-20

  Negev, Maya ^a   Sagy, Gonen ^a   Garb, Yaakov ^a   Salzberg, Alan ^b   Tal, Alon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Quantitative Analysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Environmental behavior; Environmental knowledge; Environmental literacy; Israeli national survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249146925     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.39.2.3-20     Document Type: Article

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