An Investigation of Media Influences on Elementary Students Representations of Scientists

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 355-366

  Farland Smith, Donna ^a   Finson, Kevin ^b   Boone, William J ^c   Yale, Melissa ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drawings; Illustrations; Influences; Media; Representations; Scientists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899988738     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9322-z     Document Type: Article

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