Effective assessment: Probing students' understanding of natural selection

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-17

  Stern, Luli ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessment; Biology textbooks; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844254805     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2004.9655948     Document Type: Article

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