Young Maltese children's ideas about plants

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 117-122

  Gatt, Suzanne ^a   Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale ^b,c   Borg, Kurtsten ^a   Lautier, Katya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative; Children's ideas; Frameworks; Plants; Primary

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; URTICA;

EID: 34547186618     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2007.9656080     Document Type: Article

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