A cross-age study of the understanding of three genetic concepts: How do they image the gene, DNA and chromosome?

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-202

  Saka, Arzu ^a   Cerrah, Lale ^a   Akdeniz, Ali Riza ^a   Ayas, Alipaşa ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genetic concepts; Images; Students of different ages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749249407     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-006-9006-6     Document Type: Article

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