Science student teachers' ideas about the 'gene' concept

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 2609-2613

  Dikmenli, Musa ^a   Cardak, Osman ^a   Kiray, S Ahmet ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conceptual frameworks; Gene; Science student teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858755750     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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