Result or conclusion? students' differentiation between experimental results and conclusions

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Zohar, Anat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Inquiry skills; Results and conclusions; Students' reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032338494     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.1998.9655594     Document Type: Article

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