Creationism in the biology classroom: What do teachers teach how do they teach it?

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-84

  Moore, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 40749150993     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685(2008)70[79:CITBCW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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