Conceptual incoherence as a result of the use of multiple historical models in school textbooks

Research in Science Education

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 605-623

  Gericke, Niklas M ^a   Hagberg, Mariana ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Genetics; Historical models; Models; Textbooks; Upper secondary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954425953     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-009-9136-y     Document Type: Article

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