Muslim Egyptian and Lebanese Students' Conceptions of Biological Evolution

Science and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 895-915

  BouJaoude, Saouma ^a   Wiles, Jason R ^b   Asghar, Anila ^c   Alters, Brian ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79961026537     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-011-9345-4     Document Type: Article

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