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APA

Prokop, P., & Tunnicliffe, S. D. (2008). “Disgusting” Animals: Primary School Children’s Attitudes and Myths of Bats and Spiders. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 4(2), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75309

Vancouver

Prokop P, Tunnicliffe SD. “Disgusting” Animals: Primary School Children’s Attitudes and Myths of Bats and Spiders. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2008;4(2):87-97. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75309

AMA

Prokop P, Tunnicliffe SD. “Disgusting” Animals: Primary School Children’s Attitudes and Myths of Bats and Spiders. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2008;4(2), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75309

Chicago

Prokop, Pavol, and Sue Dale Tunnicliffe. "“Disgusting” Animals: Primary School Children’s Attitudes and Myths of Bats and Spiders". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2008 4 no. 2 (2008): 87-97. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75309

Harvard

Prokop, P., and Tunnicliffe, S. D. (2008). “Disgusting” Animals: Primary School Children’s Attitudes and Myths of Bats and Spiders. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 4(2), pp. 87-97. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75309

MLA

Prokop, Pavol et al. "“Disgusting” Animals: Primary School Children’s Attitudes and Myths of Bats and Spiders". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 87-97. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75309