Recognizing student misconceptions through Ed's tools and the biology concept inventory

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0014-0017

  Klymkowsky, Michael W ^a,b   Garvin Doxas, Kathy ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; STUDENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

BIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 38949194267     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060003     Document Type: Review

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