Students’ understandings about animal skeletons

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1187-1200

  Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale ^a   Reiss, Michael J ^a  

^a HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000538507     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095006999290147     Document Type: Article

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