A comparison of scientific epistemological views between mainland China and Taiwan high school students

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Chai, Ching Sing ^a   Deng, Feng ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

High school students; Scientific epistemological views; Sociocultural environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858008259     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-011-9174-9     Document Type: Article

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