A study on biology student teachers' conceptions of learning

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 933-937

  Dikmenli, Musa ^a   Cardak, Osman ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biology students; learning approach; learning conception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957718551     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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