Increasing the interest of students in plants

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-23

  Strgar, Jelka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Biology education; Experiential learning; Motivation; Plants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 42549107316     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2007.9656102     Document Type: Article

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