Slovakian students' attitudes toward biology

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-295

  Prokop, Pavol ^a   Tuncer, Gaye ^b   Chudá, Júlia ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biology education; Learning attitude; Slovakia; Student

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749115352     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75409     Document Type: Article

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