Effects of two teaching methods on the achievement in and attitude to biology of students of different levels of scientific literacy

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-229

  Nwagbo, Chinwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Achievement; Attitude; Biology; Expository; Guided inquiry; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847014766     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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