Elementary Students' Scientific Epistemological Beliefs in Relation to Socio-Economic Status and Gender

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-127

  Ozkal, Kudret ^a   Tekkaya, Ceren ^a   Sungur, Semra ^a   Cakiroglu, Jale ^a   Cakiroglu, Erdinc ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epistemological beliefs; Gender; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551600822     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-010-9197-9     Document Type: Article

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