The impact of module based curriculum and extra-curriculum activities' in developing environmental skills among saudi's secondary students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 1756-1760

  Karem, Al Fowehi Hazaa Abdul ^a   Osman, Kamisah ^b   Meerah, T Subahan Mohd ^b  

^a JOUF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental skills; Secondary students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858765177     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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