Attitudinal impact of hybridized writing about a socioscientific issue

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 878-900

  Tomas, Louisa ^a   Ritchie, Stephen M ^b   Tones, Megan ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes; ecology education; hybridized writing; scientific literacy; socioscientific issues; writing for learning

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; BIO-SECURITY; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MIXED METHOD; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENCE LEARNING; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERACY; SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUES; STORYLINES; WRITING-FOR-LEARNING;

EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 82555165042     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20431     Document Type: Article

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