Students' images of scientists and doing science: An international comparison study

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-129

  Narayan, Ratna ^a   Park, Soonhye ^b   Peker, Deniz ^c   Suh, Jeekyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Columbus State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Draw A Scientist Test; International comparison study; Perceptions of doing science; STEM careers; Stereotypes of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879733014     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/eurasia.2013.923a     Document Type: Article

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