College Students' Perceptions About the Plausibility of Human-Induced Climate Change

Research in Science Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-217

  Lombardi, Doug ^a   Sinatra, Gale M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conceptual change; Misconceptions; Plausibility; Weather and climate distinctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857922187     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-010-9196-z     Document Type: Article

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