Transforming misconceptions: Using transformative experience to promote positive affect and conceptual change in students learning about biological evolution

Science Education

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 723-744

  Heddy, Benjamin C ^a   Sinatra, Gale M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84881595008     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21072     Document Type: Article

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