Understanding randomness and its impact on student learning: Lessons learned from building the Biology Concept Inventory (BCI)

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Garvin Doxas, Kathy ^a   Klymkowsky, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; LEARNING; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; SELECTION (GENETICS); STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 46249107711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-08-0063     Document Type: Review

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