Analysis of students arguments on evolutionary theory

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 192-199

  Basel, Nicolai ^a   Harms, Ute ^a   Prechtl, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

argumentation; argumentation schemes; Evolutionary theory; reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890442056     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: 21576009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2013.799078     Document Type: Article

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