From caterpillar to butterfly: A window for looking into students ideas about life cycle and life forms of insects

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-95

  Cinici, Ayhan ^a  

^a ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biology education; Caterpillar and butterfly; Drawing method; Metamorphosis; Misconceptions

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84878847744     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: 21576009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2013.773361     Document Type: Article

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