How useful are the figures in school biology textbooks?

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-94

  Kearsey, John ^a,c   Turner, Sheila ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Figures; Textbook selection; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033437373     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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