A survey on Turkish elementary school students’ environmental friendly behaviours and associated variables

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-143

  Alp, Elvan ^a   Ertepinar, Hamide ^a   Tekkaya, Ceren ^a   Yilmaz, Ayhan ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children s Environmental Attitudes and Knowledge Scale; Environmental attitudes; Environmentally friendly behaviours; Locus of Control scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249134648     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802051747     Document Type: Article

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