Science student teachers' ideas of the heart

Journal of Baltic Science Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-85

  Bahar, Mehmet ^a   Ozel, Murat ^b   Prokop, Pavol ^c   Usak, Muhammet ^d  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drawing method; Heart structure; Students' ideas

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849116801     PISSN: 16483898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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