Scientific Views and Religious Beliefs of College Students: The Case of Biological Evolution

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 429-445

  Dagher, Zoubeida R ^a   Boujaoude, Saouma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 0000259642     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199705)34:5<429::AID-TEA2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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