West Nile virus: Using adapted primary literature in mathematical biology to teach scientific and mathematical reasoning in high school

Research in Science Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-329

  Norris, Stephen P ^a   Macnab, John S ^a   Wonham, Marjorie ^a   de Vries, Gerda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adapted primary literature; Mathematical biology; Mathematical reasoning; Science reading; Scientific literacy; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349236093     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9112-y     Document Type: Article

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