Misconceptions are "so yesterday!"

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-356

  Maskiewicz, April Cordero ^a   Lineback, Jennifer Evarts ^a  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; RESEARCH; THINKING;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; LEARNING; RESEARCH; THINKING;

EID: 84883887271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-01-0014     Document Type: Article

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