Building a model of the environment: How do children see plants?

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 172-177

  Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale ^a   Reiss, Michael J ^a  

^a HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology education; Classification; Informal learning; Mental models; Plants

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 0034374058     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2000.9655714     Document Type: Review

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