Students understanding of connections between human engineered and natural environmental systems;O¨g̈rencilerin insan yapımı ve dog̈al çevresel sistemler arasındaki bag̈lantıları anlamaları

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-433

  Tsurusaki, Blakely K ^a   Anderson, Charles W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connected natural and human engineered systems; Environmental science literacy; K 12 science curriculum; Student understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649422586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13063065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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