The evolution battles in high-school science classes: Who is teaching what?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Bowman, Kristi L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EVOLUTION; PERCEPTION; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 40349087137     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070013     Document Type: Article

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