The relationship in biology between the nature of science and scientific inquiry

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Kremer, Kerstin ^a,d   Specht, Christiane ^b   Urhahne, Detlef ^c,e   Mayer, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nurtingen Geislingen   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

biology in context; IRT model; nature of science; scientific inquiry in biology; secondary school students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893958838     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: 21576009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2013.788541     Document Type: Article

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