The Effects of “Green Chemistry” on Secondary School Students’ Understanding and Motivation

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-43

  Karpudewan, Mageswary ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^b   Ismail, Zurida ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemistry achievement; Green chemistry; Motivation to learn; Secondary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922463594     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-013-0156-z     Document Type: Article

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