High School Students' Understanding of the Human Body System

Research in Science Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-56

  Assaraf, Orit Ben Zvi ^a   Dodick, Jeff ^b   Tripto, Jaklin ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

High school; Human body system; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872874327     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-011-9245-2     Document Type: Article

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