Aquatics, Flyers, Creepers and Terrestrials - Students' conceptions of animal classification

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 141-147

  Kattmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animals; Classification; Conceptions; Evolution education; Implicit theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347156617     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2001.9655763     Document Type: Article

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