Biology students' and teachers' religious beliefs and attitudes towards theory of evolution;Bi̇yoloji̇ öǧretmenleri̇ni̇n ve öǧrenci̇leri̇ni̇n di̇ni̇ i̇nanişlari ve evri̇m teori̇si̇ne karşi tutumlari

Hacettepe Egitim Dergisi

Volumn , Issue 38, 2010, Pages 189-200

  Köse, Esra Özay ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological evolution; Biology teachers; Religious belief; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149365524     PISSN: 13005340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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