Re: Misconceptions are "so yesterday!"

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-5

  Crowther, Gregory J ^a   Price, Rebecca M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; LETTER; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; STUDENT; THINKING;

BIOLOGY; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; THINKING;

EID: 84897590037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-11-0226     Document Type: Letter

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