Teaching Biotechnology Through Case Studies - Can We Improve Higher Order Thinking Skills of Nonscience Majors?

Science Education

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 767-793

  Dori, Yehudit J ^a,b   Tal, Revital T ^a   Tsaushu, Masha ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0038611789     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10081     Document Type: Article

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