Development of cognitive structures and information processing strategies of elementary school students learning about biological reproduction

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-26

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a   Huang, Chao Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological reproduction; Cognitive structure; Flow map; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623952     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2001.9655791     Document Type: Article

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