Gender differences in caribbean students' performance on a test of errors in biological labelling

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Soyibo, Kola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 0345493701     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0263514990170106     Document Type: Article

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