Acquiring a theory of biology: Knowledge about inheritance in children with lower intelligence

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-181

  Mähler, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline of mental retardation; Elementary school age; Knowledge about inheritance; Naive biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344443745     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.3.173     Document Type: Article

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