An investigation of elementary students' scientific literacy levels

Journal of Baltic Science Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-19

  Ózdem, Yasemin ^a,b   Çavaş, Pinar ^c   Çavaş, Bülent ^d   Çakiroǧlu, Jale ^b   Ertepinar, Hamide ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elementary; Science education; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751473203     PISSN: 16483898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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