Cutting up text to make moveable, magnetic diagrams: A way of teaching & assessing biological processes

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 288-291

  Britton, Lynda A ^a   Wandersee, James H ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031287775     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4450310     Document Type: Article

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