Spanish secondary school students' notions on the causes and consequences of climate change

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-464

  Punter, Pilar ^a   Ochando Pardo, Montserrat ^a   Garcia, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causalities; Climate change; Consequences; Education; Misconceptions; Previous ideas

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951714859     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2010.492253     Document Type: Article

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