Developing year 2 students' theory of biology with concepts of the gene and DNA

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1111-1131

  Venville, Grady ^a   Donovan, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 34250660097     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690600931079     Document Type: Article

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