Diagnostic instruments for determining junior high-school science teachers’ understanding of functional relationships within the ‘living cell’

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 593-606

  Douvdevany, Orna ^a   Dreyfus, Amos ^a   Jungwirth, Ehud ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0039459602     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069970190507     Document Type: Article

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