The effect of a prior dissection simulation on middle school students' dissection performance and understanding of the anatomy and morphology of the frog

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-121

  Akpan, Joseph Paul ^a   Andre, Thomas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Computer simulation; Dissection; Morphology; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141475315     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018604932197     Document Type: Article

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