Changing Minds? Implications of Conceptual Change for Teaching and Learning about Biological Evolution

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-195

  Sinatra, Gale M ^a   Brem, Sarah K ^b   Evans, E Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Evolution education; Evolution misconceptions; Learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849135195     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-008-0037-8     Document Type: Review

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