Using biographies of outstanding women in bioengineering to dispel biology teachers' Misperceptions of engineers

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 458-463

  Hoh, Yin Kiong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 77953590150     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/005.071.0804     Document Type: Article

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