Using the dast-c to explore Colombian and Bolivian Students' Images of scientists

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 657-690

  Medina Jerez, William ^a   Middleton, Kyndra V ^b   Orihuela Rabaza, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Science Teacher at Juan Lechin Oquendo High School   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

images; Latin America; perception; school science; scientists

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955623891     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9218-3     Document Type: Article

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