Correlations among Jamaican 12th-graders' five variables and performance in genetics

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-69

  Bloomfield, Deen Paul ^a   Soyibo, Kola ^b  

^a Merl Grove High School   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Correlations; Gender; Genetics achievement test; School type; Socioeconomic background

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749122484     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75307     Document Type: Article

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