Students' Application of the Concept of Interdependence to the Issue of Preservation of Species: Observations on the Ability to Generalize

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 837-850

  Palmer, David H ^a  

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EID: 0347303688     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199710)34:8<837::AID-TEA6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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