The relationship between students’ connections to out-of-school experiences and factors associated with science learning

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1625-1651

  Tran, Natalie A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning outcomes; Out of school experiences; Secondary school; Teacher practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011189188     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2010.516030     Document Type: Article

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