Science Literacy in School and Home Contexts: Kindergarteners' Science Achievement and Motivation

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-119

  Mantzicopoulos, Panayota ^a   Patrick, Helen ^a   Samarapungavan, Ala ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872541380     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370008.2012.742087     Document Type: Article

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