Animal related activities as determinants of species knowledge

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-243

  Randler, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age differences; Animals; Biodiversity; Gender differences; Leisure activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650746608     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75244     Document Type: Article

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