Creationism as a Misconception: Socio-cognitive conflict in the teaching of evolution

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2171-2180

  Foster, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom discussion; Creationism; Evolution; Misconceptions; Socio cognitive conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866880295     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.692102     Document Type: Article

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