Exploring Relations Among Preservice Elementary Teachers' Ideas About Evolution, Understanding of Relevant Science Concepts, and College Science Coursework

Research in Science Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-179

  Rice, Diana C ^a   Kaya, Sibel ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

College science coursework; Evolution; Perservice teachers; Scientific understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857922580     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-010-9193-2     Document Type: Article

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