Meaningful Learning, Reasoning Ability, and Students' Understanding and Problem Solving of Topics in Genetics

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 625-656

  Cavallo, Ann M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0001323917     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199608)33:6<625::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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