Children’s ideas about ecology 3: Ideas found in children aged 5-16 about the interdependency of organisms

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-141

  Leach, John ^a   Driver, Rosalind ^a   Scott, Philip ^a   Wood Robinson, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 26044444138     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069960180201     Document Type: Article

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