THE EFFICACY OF A GREEN CHEMISTRY LABORATORY-BASED PEDAGOGY: CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES OF MALAYSIA PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 497-529

  Karpudewan, Mageswary ^a   Ismail, Zurida ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

chemistry pre service teachers; environmental values; green chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861770662     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-011-9295-y     Document Type: Article

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