Learning using dynamic and static visualizations: Students' comprehension, prior knowledge and Conceptual Status of a biotechnological method

Research in Science Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-402

  Yarden, Hagit ^a   Yarden, Anat ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animations; Biotechnology education; Conceptual status; Dynamic visualization; Prior knowledge; Static visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952743882     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-009-9126-0     Document Type: Article

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