Attitudes towards science of intellectually gifted and mainstream upper primary students in Singapore

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 940-954

  Caleon, Imelda S ^a   Subramaniam, R ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elementary; General science; Gifted education

Indexed keywords

TURBULENT FLOW;

ATTITUDES; ELEMENTARY; GENERAL SCIENCE; GIFTED EDUCATION; POSITIVE ATTITUDES; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS; SUBSCALE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 55349134164     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20250     Document Type: Article

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