Effects of a science education module on attitudes towards modern biotechnology of secondary school students

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1127-1150

  Klop, Tanja ^a,b   Severiens, Sabine E ^b   Knippels, Marie Christine P J ^b,c   van Mil, Marc H W ^c   Ten Dam, Geert T M ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Attitudes towards biotechnology; Quasi experimental design; Science education; Scientific literacy; Secondary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952563599     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690902943665     Document Type: Article

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