A kaleidoscope of understanding: Comparing real with random data, using binary-choice items, to study preservice elementary teachers' knowledge of climate change

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 254-260

  Hayhoe, Douglas ^a   Bullock, Shawn ^b   Hayhoe, Katharine ^c  

^a Tyndale University College   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866348558     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-11-00021.1     Document Type: Article

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