Comparison of views of the nature of science between natural science and nonscience majors

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Miller, Marie C Desaulniers ^a   Montplaisir, Lisa M ^a   Offerdahl, Erika G ^a   Cheng, Fu Chih ^a   Ketterling, Gerald L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; NATURAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; STUDENTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77749327662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.09-05-0029     Document Type: Article

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