Evaluation of primary school students' thought about and behaviors and attitudes towards environment

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-358

  Keles, Ozgul ^a  

^a AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental attitude; Environmental education; Environmental thought; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861142728     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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