The importance of teacher-student interpersonal relationships for Turkish students' attitudes towards science

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-276

  Telli, Sibel ^a   den Brok, Perry ^b   Cakiroglu, Jale ^c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Interpersonal relationship; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955865179     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2010.501750     Document Type: Article

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