First-year biology students' understandings of meiosis: An investigation using a structural theoretical framework

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1279-1305

  Quinn, Frances ^a   Pegg, John ^a   Panizzon, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 70449565659     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690801914965     Document Type: Article

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