Would you want to talk to a scientist at a party? high school students' attitudes to school science and to science

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1975-1998

  Bennett, Judith ^a   Hogarth, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; High school students; Science; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449632636     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690802425581     Document Type: Article

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