Examining the effect of multiple writing tasks on year 10 biology students' understandings of cell and molecular biology concepts

Instructional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-373

  Hand, Brian ^a   Hohenshell, Liesl ^b   Prain, Vaughan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biology; Conceptual change; Mixed method; Science; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249032419     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-006-9012-3     Document Type: Article

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