Undergraduates' understanding of evolution: Ascriptions of agency as a problem for student learning

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-71

  Moore, Rob ^a   Mitchell, Gill ^c   Bally, Rod ^d   Inglis, Margaret ^e   Day, Jennifer ^d   Jacobs, David ^d  

^a Centre for Higher Education Development   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c The Zoology Department   (South Africa)

^d The University of Natal ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agency; Evolution; Learning; Undergraduates; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036002793     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2002.9655803     Document Type: Article

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