Patterns of Conceptual Change in Evolution

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-431

  Demastes, Sherry S ^a   Good, Ronald G ^b   Peebles, Patsye ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013247651     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199604)33:4<407::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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