College students' perceptions of the theory of evolution

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-419

  Hokayem, Hayat ^a   BouJaoude, Saouma ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Biology; Evolution; Nature of science (NOS); Socioscientific issues

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEACHING;

NATURE OF SCIENCE (NOS); SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUES; THEORY OF EVOLUTION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 42549098358     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20233     Document Type: Article

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