Promoting and Scaffolding Elementary School Students' Attitudes Toward Science and Argumentation Through a Science and Society Intervention

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1625-1648

  Hong, Zuway R ^a   Lin, Huann shyang ^a   Wang, Hsin Hui ^a   Chen, Hsiang Ting ^a   Yang, Kuay Keng ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Attitudes toward science; Elementary school student; Scaffolding; Science and society intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879624592     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.734935     Document Type: Article

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