Using "the organism" as a conceptual focus in an introductory biology course

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 176-182

  Hoese, William J ^a   Nowicki, Stephen ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035530446     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4451073     Document Type: Article

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