Turkish Preservice Primary School Teachers' Science Teaching Efficacy Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Science: The Effect of a Primary Teacher Education Program

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 83-92

  Bayraktar, Sule ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

attitudes toward science; preservice primary teachers; Science teaching self efficacy beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054097897     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2010.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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