The effect of hands-on 'energy-saving house' learning activities on elementary school students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding energy saving and carbon-emissions reduction

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 620-638

  Lee, Lung Sheng ^a   Lin, Kuen Yi ^a   Guu, Yunn Horng ^b   Chang, Liang Te ^c   Lai, Chih Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

attitudes; behavior; energy saving and carbon emissions reduction; knowledge; misconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885990603     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2012.727781     Document Type: Article

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