Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2008

Full Length Research Paper

An investigation into the relationship between academic risk taking and chemistry laboratory anxiety in Turkey

Meral ONER SUNKUR
  • Meral ONER SUNKUR
  • Department of Primary Education, Education Faculty, Dicle University Ziya Gokalp Sur/ Diyarbakir, Turkey
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  •  Received: 17 November 2014
  •  Accepted: 06 January 2015
  •  Published: 23 January 2015

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