Students' perceptions of the nature of evolutionary theory

Science Education

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 378-391

  Dagher, Zoubeida R ^a   Boujaoude, Saouma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 25444514485     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20054     Document Type: Review

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