Religious beliefs: A hidden variable in the performance of science teachers in the classroom

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-576

  Mansour, Nasser ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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EID: 65349154595     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2008.7.4.557     Document Type: Article

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