Animals in the lives of young Maltese children

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale ^a   Gatt, Suzanne ^b   Agius, Catherine ^b   Pizzuto, Sue Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Animals; Knowledge source; Malta; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749096778     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75343     Document Type: Article

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