Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

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APA

Boukayoua, Z., Bennis, N., Elachqar, A., & Kaddari, F. (2024). Interest of middle school students toward life and earth sciences. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(7), em2470. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14736

Vancouver

Boukayoua Z, Bennis N, Elachqar A, Kaddari F. Interest of middle school students toward life and earth sciences. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(7):em2470. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14736

AMA

Boukayoua Z, Bennis N, Elachqar A, Kaddari F. Interest of middle school students toward life and earth sciences. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(7), em2470. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14736

Chicago

Boukayoua, Zakaria, Nezha Bennis, Abdelrhani Elachqar, and Fatiha Kaddari. "Interest of middle school students toward life and earth sciences". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2024 20 no. 7 (2024): em2470. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14736

Harvard

Boukayoua, Z., Bennis, N., Elachqar, A., and Kaddari, F. (2024). Interest of middle school students toward life and earth sciences. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(7), em2470. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14736

MLA

Boukayoua, Zakaria et al. "Interest of middle school students toward life and earth sciences". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 20, no. 7, 2024, em2470. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14736