The effect of type of instruction on expression of children's knowledge: How do children see the endocrine and urinary system?

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-93

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b   Fančopvičová, Jana ^a   Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale ^c  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human anatomy; Instruction; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249114379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13063065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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