Children's conceptions of animal breathing: A cross - Age and cross - Cultural comparison

Journal of Baltic Science Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-207

  Prokop, Pavol ^a   Usak, Muhammet ^b   Özel, Murat ^c   Fančovičová, Jana ^a  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative conceptions; Animals; Breathing; Primary children

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649891148     PISSN: 16483898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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