Scientific literacy and student attitudes: Perspectives from pisa 2006 science

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-26

  Bybee, Rodger ^a   McCrae, Barry ^a  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Interest in science; International comparisons; Large scale studies; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651482749     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2010.518644     Document Type: Article

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