The effect of Flemish eco-schools on student environmental knowledge, attitudes, and affect

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1513-1538

  de Pauw, Jelle Boeve ^a   van Petegem, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eco schools; Environmental affect; Environmental attitudes; Environmental knowledge; Multivariate multilevel regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959352077     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2010.540725     Document Type: Article

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