Seventh grade students' conceptions of global warming and climate change

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 549-570

  Shepardson, Daniel P ^a,b   Niyogi, Dev ^a,b   Choi, Soyoung ^a   Charusombat, Umarporn ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; climate literacy; global warming; science curriculum; students' conceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956628496     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620903114592     Document Type: Article

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