Biology teachers' attitudes toward and use of Indiana's evolution standards

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-257

  Donnelly, Lisa A ^a   Boone, William J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; EVOLUTION STANDARDS; RATIO DATA; TEACHERS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STANDARDS;

TEACHING;

EID: 33847413249     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20150     Document Type: Article

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