Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2014

Full Length Research Paper

Pre- and in-service preschool teachers’ science teaching efficacy beliefs

Durmus Aslan
  • Durmus Aslan
  • Faculty of Education, Çukurova University, Turkey.
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Isil Tas
  • Isil Tas
  • Faculty of Education, Çukurova University, Turkey
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Irem Gurgah Ogul
  • Irem Gurgah Ogul
  • Faculty of Education, Çukurova University, Turkey
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  •  Received: 30 March 2016
  •  Accepted: 20 June 2016
  •  Published: 23 July 2016

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