Do schools make a difference in their students' environmental attitudes and awareness? evidence from pisa 2006

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 497-522

  Coertjens, Liesje ^a   Boeve de Pauw, Jelle ^a   de Maeyer, Sven ^a   van Petegem, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constructivist teaching; Environmental attitudes; Environmental awareness; PISA; School effectiveness; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952323593     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9200-0     Document Type: Article

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